[gpfsug-discuss] Samba 3.6 and the Windows 'O' attribtute

[Orlando Richards]

On 11/01/13 11:54, Barry Evans wrote:
> Too quick!
>
> It looks like it's definitely sorted in 3.6.10 if not 3.6.9

With the settings:
  gpfs:winattr = yes
  store dos attributes=yes
it's all working fine under 3.6.10 from Sernet.

Also - snapshots appear to be working properly on 3.6 now, as do dos 
attributes and SMB2. Whoop!

I'm actually considering making the leap from 3.5->3.6 now...


>
> Cheers,
> Barry
>
>
>
>
> On 11 Jan 2013, at 11:53, Orlando Richards <orlando.richards at ed.ac.uk
> <mailto:orlando.richards at ed.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
>> Oops - never mind, I've found it:
>>
>> https://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2012-October/087425.html
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/01/13 11:51, Orlando Richards wrote:
>>> On 27/09/12 18:49, Barry Evans wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> Having a little problem with samba at the moment with the gpfs vfs
>>>> module loaded. In *every* version of enterprise samba 3.6, when
>>>> browsing folders in windows explorer a good chunk of the files will
>>>> come back incorrectly with the 'O' attribute (which is offline - you
>>>> see this quite often when files have been migrated by HSM off to tape,
>>>> but there isn't any HSM here).
>>>>
>>>> I have also been through every version of GPFS from 3.4.0-10 up to
>>>> 3.5.0-3 to make sure it's not actually GPFS causing this. With each
>>>> version, the behaviour is perfect in enterprise samba 3.5.18.
>>>>
>>>> if you prevent the gpfs vfs module from loading in samba, the problem
>>>> also disappears.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone else run into this?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Barry
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>> Hi Barry,
>>>
>>> Did you get anywhere with this? I've just run into it too!
>>>
>>> --
>>> Orlando
>>>
>>>
>>>
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