[Samba] Macs deleting files off RHEL8 server

[I T]

Okay, so the server was changed to case insensitive yesterday morning.

Today, I just watched an instance where files disappeared in real time.
User print33 was moving/deleting files from a job on the server.

It got hung up, the server was showing no folders, so we force quit the
Finder. The server share unmounted, then we remounted it.

Before the hang up there were 239 folders on the server. Now there’s only
224.

I know this because I had just gone through and made sure all folders were
accounted for this morning.

Absolutely stumped as to why this is happening. I’ve sent the sosreport to
Red Hat to see if they can decipher anything.

Kind regards,


*Mike Soliven*
*IT Manager*
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R2X 2Y1
204.697.3338 Ext.1235
www.embassygraphics.com


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On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 8:49 AM I T <it at embassygraphics.com> wrote:

> Thanks for this info! I appreciate it. AFAIK, I've never changed any
> settings on the Macs re: case sensitivity, so they should be insensitive.
> Is there a way I can check this?
>
> Kind regards,
>
>
> *Mike Soliven*
> *IT Manager*
> Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R2X 2Y1
> 204.697.3338 Ext.1235
> www.embassygraphics.com
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> On Sun, May 18, 2025 at 11:41 PM itdept_head <itdept_head at grown-up.com>
> wrote:
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>>
>> You have to be really careful with shares and macs.
>> Since each mac can be set to either be case sensitive or not.
>> It is possible for macs to throw all sorts of errors, if they are
>> operating on mixed case systems.
>>
>> If the mac assumes it is case sensitive and it is not , it can  either
>> delete files or cause file name clashes that throw errors.
>>
>>
>> https://www.truenas.com/community/threads/ongoing-battle-with-case-sensitive-dataset-smb-mount-from-osx.95515/
>>
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>> On 15/5/2025, 3:28 AM, "samba on behalf of I T via samba" <
>> samba-bounces at lists.samba.org <mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org> on
>> behalf of samba at lists.samba.org <mailto:samba at lists.samba.org>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Thanks for the confirmation, Roland. I'll have those looked at.
>>
>>
>> I've gotten some info that because the server is case sensitive, it could
>> be interfering with Apple's SMB protocol. Any thoughts on that? It is
>> something I'll look into.
>>
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Mike Soliven*
>> *IT Manager*
>> Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R2X 2Y1
>> 204.697.3338 Ext.1235
>> www.embassygraphics.com
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>> > >
>> >
>> > There is nothing there that should be causing your problem, except for,
>> > every time you set 'vfs objects' in the shares, you are turning of
>> > the 'vfs objects' you have set in 'global', which are 'apple' ones.
>> >
>> > Rowland
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