Create a file on a Mac ( OS X 10.3.9 )
Copy the file onto a Windows 2003 server ( fully patched ). The file dissappears from the appleshared directory.
Look for the file via Samba from another Mac ( 10.4.10 ) or from a PC - the file is present.
Copy another file from the same 10.3.9 Mac, a few seconds later, that file appears OK.
Copy the same file over again. The file stays hidden.
Rename the file via Samba ( even just change 1 character from lower to upper case ) and the file appears in the appleshare.
This is a wierd intermittent fault.
Nothing relevant appears in the servers event logs.
Experiment:
Take the file which hides. Copy it on the original Mac to a new name. Then copy the new file onto the appleshare. The file appears as expected.
Anyone got an idea why the files occasionally dissappear or a robust way of getting them back?