Nov 28 2006

Samba/Windows problem: content of folder does not refresh

Published by pj at 11:55 pm under samba, opensource

Problems like:

  • files not disappearing when you delete it through a samba share on a windows machine
  • “new folder” command requires manual F5 (refresh) before it appears

Can be easily solved by adding:

refresh = 1

To your smb.conf configuration file. (global section)

Same issue earlier reported:

Other keywords:

  • windows directory contents do not refresh
  • sync bug in windows samba share
  • samba share does not update
  • samba folder does not appear to be valid
  • samba refresh
  • apache deleted windows share refresh
  • samba directories not refreshing
  • new folder does not appear until refresh f5
  • samba folder refresh

12 Responses to “Samba/Windows problem: content of folder does not refresh”

  1. # lologpon 19 Dec 2006 at 10:05 am

    ca ne fonctionne pas….

  2. # pjon 19 Dec 2006 at 10:50 am

    Lologp: can you elaborate?

    It did work for me, as confirmed by the samba team .. you can try asking them on the samba IRC channel on irc.openprojects.net

    Regards,

    Pitr

  3. # guwapoon 30 Dec 2006 at 6:22 am

    for what version is this?

    using 3.0.14a-Debian, this option doesn’t exist and therfor don’t do anything :(

  4. # pjon 30 Dec 2006 at 12:59 pm

    This was on version “samba 3.0.22-1ubuntu4″

  5. # guwapoon 02 Jan 2007 at 9:37 am

    ok. just skimed over the changelogs/docs but didn’t find anything in that direction. gonna try my luck in the irc channel then. thanks.

    btw: this is apparently a windows issue. you can “solve” this by adding net paths (like \\theserver\folderA) as a net disk ( –> y:\). This issue additionally comes when leaving the explorer to long open.

  6. # pjon 02 Jan 2007 at 1:34 pm

    I will post my samba config in a new post, hang on.

  7. # lpaulicaon 15 Mar 2007 at 6:54 pm

    I think that the problem is related with the fact that the name of the share is the same as the path to the system directory.For example:

    Share with the refresh problem (require F5 on new folders):

    [Test]
    path = /samba/Test
    read only = no
    create mask = 0600
    directory mask = 0700

    Share without the refresh problem:

    [Test-Share]
    path = /samba/Test
    read only = no
    create mask = 0600
    directory mask = 0700

    Am I right?

  8. # lpaulicaon 15 Mar 2007 at 7:04 pm

    I think that the problem is related with the fact that the name of the samba share has the same name as the path on the system. For example:

    This share require refresh (F5):

    [Test]
    path = /samba/Test
    read only = no
    create mask = 0600
    directory mask = 0700

    This share doesn’t require refresh:

    [Test-Share]
    path = /samba/Test
    read only = no
    create mask = 0600
    directory mask = 0700

    Am I right?

  9. # The Aetherealon 04 Nov 2007 at 5:36 pm

    I just ran in to the same problem, and yes lpaulica, you are correct. I had a share named “files” and a directory names files. I change the share name to “fileshare” and it now works correctly. Thank you.

  10. # ddtechon 26 Feb 2008 at 1:06 am

    I just confirmed this on CentOS 4.4 Samba ver 3.0.10-1.4E.9

    If my Share name is the same as the name of the folder that is shared, I have to press F5 to see any changes. If the Share name and folder name are different it works fine.

  11. # Johanon 01 Sep 2008 at 1:43 pm

    I think its a webmin problem do you create your shares in Webmin?

  12. # Johanon 01 Sep 2008 at 1:50 pm

    lpaulica is correct

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