[Bug 382501] [NEW] CIFS File Transfer from Ubuntu to Windows Share results in 0 Bytes File ! The File is LOST

[a-r-k-i-b-o-t-t]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: smbfs

Using Ubuntu 8.04.2 hardy with latest Updates.

Test this:
Mount a Windows Share with cifs and move/copy files to it. 

Name your local (linux) Files to contain somewhat special Characters
like ( ) + @ and try several. Although it seems not to be caused soleyly
by the filename.

Transfer files with nautilus from ubuntu to the mounted share.

Inspect the files.

Here all of a sudden almost all the files I moved in one folder
contained 0 byte files. The Filename sometimes seems to get truncated
also. I lost the original Files this way so I can't directly verify
this. Before that only some sporadic files were empty and I wasn't so
shure about the existance of a bug or another cause. Now I am shure that
there is this serious bug.

Also I found no error messages in my kernel log and no errors in the
samba logfile folder. This is also an unpleasant finding. I want debug
messages if cifs messes around with files that badly or even fails
without preserving the original file or whatever may be neccessary to
preserve the files. So it does not even tell that something went wrong.

To sum up:
Transfer Files
Loose them
Get no Logfiles

That needs a big bugfix. And the Testcases for the Developers in charge
need to be extended. Seriously.

** Affects: samba (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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CIFS File Transfer from Ubuntu to Windows Share results in 0 Bytes File ! The File is LOST
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/382501
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