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we want to change files on our NetApp file server, and on every change of these files - a Debian machine duplicates the files to two other shares.

Because of the duplication method we're using lsync, we need to mount the Samba share (of the NetApp storage) and re-share it with Samba, and we are doing all the changes from the share of the Debian machine instead of the NetApp.

The problem is that sometimes at some tree levels we see the folders as files instead of folders.

For example the tree looks like this:

/ --fol1 +--fol5 +--fol6 --fol2 +--fol3 +--fol4

All the folders in the fol4/fol6 level, no matter what is their parent, looks like it is a file.

NOTE: From the Debian system all looks fine, the problem is only noticeable on the windows machines that see the Samba share on the Debian machine.

Some idea how to solve the problem?

the smb.conf file:

guest account = nobody map to guest = bad user disable netbios = yes socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_RCVBUF=131072 SO_SNDBUF=242144 strict sync = no acl check permissions = no oplocks = False level2oplocks = False sync always = no [reshare] comment =reshare the netapp with debian to able to see the file change events path = /netapp/ hosts allow =host1;host2; writable = yes guest ok = yes force user = user1; workgroup = SERVERS server string = %h server dns proxy = no log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 1000 syslog = 0 panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d encrypt passwords = true passdb backend = tdbsam obey pam restrictions = yes unix password sync = yes passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* . pam password change = yes
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  • can you please re-read the edits I made to your question and make sure that I didn't lose any of your intent? Commented Dec 24, 2012 at 1:44
  • Can you also please share your lsyncd config file and/or the lsync command itself? Commented Dec 24, 2012 at 1:57
  • about the lsync - it is not the problem. here is the workflow: working on development computer, dev1 copy from dev1 to samba share in deb1 the lsync on the debian should copy the files to iis1 and iis2 servers. my problem is before the lsync, in the way between dev1 and deb1. when deb1 see the change it copying the files, but i cannot do the changes in deb1 because of i dont see the folders. Commented Dec 24, 2012 at 13:06
  • I have the same problem and can't find a solution. This is the only info I found in this case. Is there any progress in the issue, a solution maybe? Thanks, Zoltan Commented Jan 20, 2013 at 8:18
  • i dont know but now i think about that i do it in another share and it is not happening. i will try to check for differences between them... Commented Apr 17, 2013 at 21:45

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if you are using cifs for netapp share, don't reshare the netapp share, try to use samba dfs.

This an example from samba official doc.

root# cd /export/dfsroot root# chown root /export/dfsroot root# chmod 755 /export/dfsroot root# ln -s msdfs:storageA\\shareA linka root# ln -s msdfs:serverB\\share,serverC\\share linkb Example 20.1. smb.conf with DFS Configured [global] netbios name = GANDALF host msdfs = yes [dfs] path = /export/dfsroot msdfs root = yes

In this way, your debian is like a proxy for the netapp shares

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