[OpenAFS] bogus file dates

[Neulinger, Nathan]

I have also seen this behavior from linux clients - but only when being
accessed through a translator like netatalk or samba. i.e. it's the
client's client that is screwing it up.

-- Nathan

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Nathan Neulinger                       EMail:  nneul@umr.edu
University of Missouri - Rolla         Phone: (573) 341-6679
UMR Information Technology             Fax: (573) 341-4216
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: openafs-info-admin@openafs.org=20
> [mailto:openafs-info-admin@openafs.org] On Behalf Of David Bear
> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 11:22 PM
> To: Russ Allbery
> Cc: tracton@med.unc.edu; openafs-info@openafs.org
> Subject: Re: [OpenAFS] bogus file dates
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> On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 04:58:10PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> > Gregg Tracton <tracton@med.unc.edu> writes:
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> > > We see files written into our afs space with bogus date=20
> timestamps,
> > > originating from windows, linux, and solaris clients. The=20
> timestamps
> > > display, depending on the client viewing the timestamp, as either
> > > December 31, 1969 or a day in 2033. It does not matter=20
> which of our 2
> > > afs file servers contains the volume. The problem is rare=20
> (once daily)
> > > and not reproducible.
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> > This was a bug in the AFS clients for at least Windows and I believe
> > Solaris some time back.  I remember we had this problem; I=20
> just don't
> > remember the exact versions that we had it with.  Upgrading=20
> to the current
> > versions of the AFS client should, in our experience, solve=20
> this problem.
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> I recall seeing this will windows clients I think even using transarc
> afs... and probably open afs 1.2x. It was too long ago to remember,
> and rather rarely noticed.
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