Saving text file on SMB share - file has changed

Hi,

I'm having a problem working on a remote Samba share. When I edit a
(text) file on this share using gedit for example, I get the message that
the file has changed on disk when I try to save it. This is a problem in
Eclipse IDE also.

Normal access to the files is fine and they do save eventually.

The server hosting the share is Fedora 7, as is the client.

Interestingly this is not a problem with either a Windows or Mac client,
therefore I assume I am mounting the share incorrectly:

mount -t cifs host mount -o username=username -p password

(with smbfs is the same result).

Thanks in advance.

On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:12:45 GMT, James Telford
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm having a problem working on a remote Samba share. When I edit a
> (text) file on this share using gedit for example, I get the message that
> the file has changed on disk when I try to save it. This is a problem in
> Eclipse IDE also.
>
> Normal access to the files is fine and they do save eventually.
>
> The server hosting the share is Fedora 7, as is the client.
>
Are the clocks synchronized between these machines? You may need to
install ntp or chrony.



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In article <NFopi.1739$(E-Mail Removed)>,
James Telford <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm having a problem working on a remote Samba share. When I edit a
> (text) file on this share using gedit for example, I get the message that
> the file has changed on disk when I try to save it. This is a problem in
> Eclipse IDE also.
>
> Normal access to the files is fine and they do save eventually.
>
> The server hosting the share is Fedora 7, as is the client.

I'm guessing the server is set to convert LF line-endings into CR LF
ones. Is that the case?

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In article <NFopi.1739$(E-Mail Removed)>,
James Telford <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I'm having a problem working on a remote Samba share. When I edit a
> (text) file on this share using gedit for example, I get the message that
> the file has changed on disk when I try to save it. This is a problem in
> Eclipse IDE also.

> Normal access to the files is fine and they do save eventually.
> The server hosting the share is Fedora 7, as is the client.

Sounds like you may have a time synchronisation issue.

Is the remote share a FAT filesystem, by any chance? If so, read up on
samba and FAT timestamps and you'll see how to fix it.

Chris