samba share contents wiped erroneously
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| samba (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
cavaet :
not sure if this is a bug or configuration issue
summary :
all the contents and sub folders of a folder shared over samba were removed in error.
environment :
server running 7.04
client running 7.10
wireless network
software involved :
stock pdf viewer
samba
nautilus
steps to reproduce (with our configuration) :
this was a little strange, however we hava managed to reproduce it twice.
1) establish a folder in a user home directory (/home/
2) share over samba with this config :
[UserArea]
comment = User's Documents
path = /home/user/
writeable = yes
create mask = 0700
directory mask = 0700
force user = user
force group = user
valid users = user
3) on client machine, open a PDF and attempt to save to network
4) enter 'smb://
5) enventually, a message 'Operation denied' will be displayed
6) check the folder [ /home/user/
user comments :
at step 4, we expected to be displayed with the network share folder, and from there navigate to the appropriate place to save to file.
| robert bowman (bowmanr) wrote | #1 |
| Dimitrios Symeonidis (azimout) wrote | #2 |
| Chuck Short (zulcss) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in samba (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Incomplete → Won't Fix |
just performed a test with evince to see if that's the issue. does not seem to be the case on the local file system.
i opened a PDF and then tried to save it to disk. navigated to a parent directory containing a sub-directory. when typing in the name of the sub-directory and pressing enter, as expected, the pwd was moved to the sub-directory and the list of files therein displayed.
shall try repeating the process detailed above with a sacrificial network share using gedit.
if that wipes the network share, then it seems likely the issue lies with samba, if not, then the issue would appear to be evince not coping at all well with a samba share. shall report back as soon as possible.
robert