CIFS on NetWare changes file attributes on certain files when browsing.

Document ID:7008155
Creation Date:17-Mar-2011
Modified Date:27-Apr-2012
- Micro Focus Products:
  NetWare
  Open Enterprise Server

Environment

Novell NetWare 6.5 Support Pack 8
Novell Open Enterprise Server (NetWare 6.5)

CIFS.NLM

Situation

When browsing files on a NetWare 6.5 server through CIFS protocol, the Creation, Modified, and Last Accessed Time stamp would update to the current time on all *.exe and *.bat files inside the current directory.

Resolution

Fixed in CIFS.NLM - Version 3.27.03 June 7, 2010

Contact Novell Technical Support to obtain this file.

Additional Information

The LAN traces shows the client making NCP request to"SET_FILE_INFO" but only setting the "last accessed time" and 0 for other attributes.

CIFS.NLM was interpreting this wrong and actually setting the current time on all 3 attributes.