> I'm using rdist to access files on a remote Windows system and
> synchronize them with local files, essentially using rdist in
[...]
> Every time I run this command it finds something to update
[...]
> Is this a known problem with smbfs?

You're probably running into one of: file mode differences,
owner/group differences, or possibly time differences.
Unix and Windows have slightly different abilities to
represent sub-second time, if I recall correctly.

The mode and owner differences are limitations of the
current implementation, as described in: smbfs(7FS)

> BTW, I was using smbfs on Ubuntu to do the same exact thing,
> with no problems.

That's interesting.  The Linux smbfs is very similar to the
OpenSolaris one w.r.t. user/group representation.  The modes
on Linux will be the real thing with a server that supports
the Unix extensions to SMB.  I'd be curious to know which
file attribute causes rsync to decide an update is needed.

> Is there a mount or config option that might be effecting this?
> 
> Should I just file a bug?

There's an RFE for the Unix extensions, if that turns out to
be what bothers rsync.  That CR is:  6647762

Could you please run rsync with --verbose and try to find out
exactly which file attribute is causing false compares?

Thanks,
Gordon


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