[Samba] Macs deleting files off RHEL8 server

[I T]

Understood.

A very weird situation just happened. A user was deleting a folder
containing 1 InDesign file.

When the process started, it said it was deleting 1000s of files. She
immediately stopped the delete process from her Mac and opened the folder
and saw what looked like all of the folders from our server. When I looked
at that same folder from my computer I didn't see that, I only saw the
InDesign file.

Since that incident it looks like I may have lost 2 folders from the
server. When I checked this morning there were 223. Now there's 221.

Unmounting and remounting the share on the Mac resolved that situation.
I've sent the logs to RH to see if they can find anything.

Unfortunately, we get files with all sorts of diacritics, as well as kanji.

Kind regards.


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Date: Thu, 22 May 2025 04:27:17 +0000
Subject: Re: [Samba] Macs deleting files off RHEL8 server
Generally,
it is the kiss of death to try and work on remote files. (edit)
all sorts of random locking & corruption can occur.

Even before you take into account   "case sensitivity"
One other issue that is a killer  is  "diacritic's" ........
Even up until very recently MS windows could NOT distinguish between some
German characters with diacritic's  and normal alphabet.

I presume you are not using Chinese, because that is even worse.


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


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