[Bug 871747] [NEW] "invalid argument" accessing files on hgfs after modified on host

[Marty Vona]

Public bug reported:

Ubuntu 11.04 client, OSX 10.6.8 host, vmware fusion 4.02

Accessing files on the host via hgfs seems to work initially (after
working around 376639), but usually begins to report "invalid argument"
upon trying to access files within the client that have been recently
modified on the host.  These files then also show ????? in their props
columns (but filename is ok) in ls -l.

A workaround is to

sudo umount /mnt/hgfs
sudo mount -t vmhgfs .host:/ /mnt/hgfs

See also [1,2].  I'm reporting this here because

1) I tested both open-vm-tools and vmware proprietary tools, both exhibit this behavior
2) this seems to only happen with ubuntu 11.04, earlier versions of Ubuntu as client work fine
3) there is a report [1] that this happens with 11.04 on parallels too

[1] http://askubuntu.com/questions/55316/changed-files-are-not-recognised-on-mounted-drive
[2] http://communities.vmware.com/message/1843232

** Affects: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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