> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Paul > Warner > Sent: 27 July 2005 12:37 > To: samba@lists.samba.org > Subject: [Samba] smb_proc_readdir_long - ls not showing files > > > Hello, > > We are getting a baffling problem with a samba mounted drive > on Redhat, mounted > from a windows box. We cannot always see files in the > mounted directory with ls > or perl. The directory has 237 files in it. We sometimes > see 197 files with > ls. Sometimes we see nothing. This can happen from one try > to the next (i.e. > run ls, see the files, immediately run ls again and see > nothing). We have > searched the web, and searched the samba lists, but have not > found an answer > (although we have found postings about the same problem). We > have tried adding > a new file to the windows directory - then we can see the > files! But delete the > file in windows and suddenly we cannot see anything in the > linux mount. We have > found files that can break it as well, i.e., add the file in > windows and you > suddenly see no files at all in the linux mount. But it is > not a specific file, > since the same file with a different name will not cause a > problem, or if you > load the files in a different order the behavior can change as well. > > The directory contains files with very long names, such as: > "Bullying and Harassment- Fostering dignity at work and > managing complaints.doc" > > We are running Redhat Linux 9, and Redhat Enterprise Linux 3. > We have the same > problem on both systems, and in fact one of our colleagues > observes the same > problem on Suse 9.3 (with the 2.6 kernel). The windows box > is running Windows > 2003 Server. Our samba is version 3.0.14a. > > dmesg output when we have the problem: > smb_proc_readdir_long: name=, result=-2, rcls=1, err=123 > > samba mount command: > mount -t smbfs -o > username=user,password=xxxx,gid=501,dmask=775,workgroup=internal > //windowsserver/doc /mnt/doc > > This problem has broken an important perl script for us. > Hopefully someone on > the list can provide the answer, or point us to the place to > get the answer. > > Thanks, > Paul >
Hi again, I posted this email (above) a few days ago, and haven't received a reply. I'm not sure if it went through properly to the list or not, so I'm resending it. If no one really has an idea or an answer - should I post this as a samba bug? Thanks, Paul -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba