I also took the liberty to open an issue on the Samba bug tracker:
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12156
** Bug watch added: Samba Bugzilla #12156
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12156
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
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Status: New => Confirmed
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1576594
Title:
I can confirm this exact behavior. When connecting via CIFS, a proper
notification is sent. When connecting via SMB2 or SMB3 protocol, the
notification is not sent. This affects for example creating folders,
where the default naming is something like "Untitled Folder" and is then
changed to the
** Description changed:
What happened:
MacOS 10.11.4 connecting to Samba 4.3.8 on Ubuntu Server 16.04
Upon rename of file by another process on the system, Samba does not
notify connected clients of update (directory listing does not refresh).
New file/directory creation works
