On 12/03/08 01:43, Ross wrote:
> I'm not sure what's causing this, but I'm finding that the Solaris CIFS 
> shares don't update automatically like windows shares do.
> 
> A couple of examples:
> 
> If I right-click the folder and create a new file:
> - In windows, the new file appears, is selected, and I can simply type the 
> name.  When I press enter it's renamed and appears in the window.
> - On a solaris share, no file appears until I manually refresh.  I then have 
> to select the file manually and rename it.  However, after renaming it the 
> file still appears with the old name until I hit refresh again.  If I try to 
> delete the renamed file before hitting refresh I get an error "Cannot delete 
> file: Cannot read from source file or disk."
> 
> Similarly, if I drag a file into a Solaris share, the file does not appear 
> until I hit F5 to refresh the window.
> 
> This will be a particular problem if we roll this out as Windows doesn't have 
> a refresh button in its explorer windows, and our users will almost certainly 
> not understand why their new files don't appear.

That sound strange.  We'll have a look at it.

Alan

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