I met the similar bug when I copy a file from Ubuntu 6.06 Server into Ubuntu 9.10 via samba server on Ubuntu 9.10.
Server end: OS: Ubuntu 9.10 upgrade from Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook Remix samba server version: Samba 3.4.0 the version result of "dpkg -s samba" is: Version: 2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.6 the content in /etc/samba/smb.conf: [global] workgroup = WORKGROUP security = share guest ok = yes [test] comment = For testing only, please path = /var/sambatest browseable = yes writeable = yes Client end: OS: Ubuntu 6.06 Server mount.cifs version: 1.10 mount commend line: sudo mount.cifs //192.168.1.100/test /media/tmp -o guest,rw When copy a *.tar.gz file from Ubuntu 6.06 into Ubuntu 9.10, the file become corrupted. execute "file" command in Ubuntu 6.06 on the initial good file: file wpaudio.tar.gz wpaudio.tar.gz: gzip compressed data, from Unix execute "file" command in both Ubuntu 6.06 and Ubuntu 9.10 on the corrupted file: file wpaudio.corrupted.tar.gz wpaudio.corrupted.tar.gz: data the corrupted file can't be extracted with "tar xfvz wpaudio.corrupted.tar.gz", it reports: gzip: stdin: not in gzip format tar: Child returned status 1 tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors I attached these two files. After read this reported bug, I also test copy a mp3 file through samba. Although the copied mp3 file on Ubuntu 9.10 can be played by smplayer, but when I execute "file" command on it, it says: file *.mp3 test.mp3: data When I execute "file" command on the good one in Ubuntu 6.06, it says: file *.mp3 test.mp3: MPEG ADTS, layer III, v1, 192 kBits, 44.1 kHz, JntStereo I think this mp3 is corrupted too. I compile a samba 3.5.1 from source on Ubuntu 9.10, and repeat the copy process from Ubuntu 6.06 to Ubuntu 9.10 through samba 3.5.1 server on Ubuntu 9.10. And no error found. -- File corruption after copying files via samba from Karmic to Karmic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491288 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to samba in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs