GUI file managers (dolphin and thunar) have incorrect displays of Samba share, yet CLI tools OK

allend · 03-09-2020, 08:42 AM

This is a little oddity that I came across when trying to access a USB drive (VFAT file system) plugged into my home modem/router. The modem/router has an inbuilt Samba server that can be activated and users and passwords configured, but no other Samba configuration is possible.
As can be seen in the attached screenshot, both GUI file managers (thunar and dolphin) fail to correctly display file times and types, yet the CLI file manager (mc) and smbclient can correctly display the Samba share.
Not shown, but the File Explorer in Windows 10 also works correctly.

I have no problem with accessing another Samba share of a VFAT file system on another computer, so this is likely specific to this modem/router.

This is not an issue for me, but I was wondering whether anyone might have an explanation for this behaviour.

smallpond · 03-09-2020, 09:11 AM

What does the stat command show for these files?

allend · 03-10-2020, 05:31 AM

Thanks for your interest.
This is the result of 'stat' from the Samba share on the modem router.

Code:

bash-5.0$ stat Downloads
  File: Downloads
  Size: 0               Blocks: 0          IO Block: 4096   directory
Device: 2ch/44d Inode: 12          Links: 1
Access: (0700/drwx------)  Uid: (  503/   david)   Gid: (  100/   users)
Access: 1970-01-01 10:00:01.000000000 +1000
Modify: 1970-01-01 10:00:01.000000000 +1000
Change: 1970-01-01 10:00:01.000000000 +1000
 Birth: -
bash-5.0$ stat Remote_VESDA_Stations_01.xlsx
  File: Remote_VESDA_Stations_01.xlsx
  Size: 0               Blocks: 0          IO Block: 4096   directory
Device: 2ch/44d Inode: 14          Links: 1
Access: (0700/drwx------)  Uid: (  503/   david)   Gid: (  100/   users)
Access: 1970-01-01 10:00:01.000000000 +1000
Modify: 1970-01-01 10:00:01.000000000 +1000
Change: 1970-01-01 10:00:01.000000000 +1000
 Birth: -
bash-5.0$ stat Remote_VESDA_Stations_05.xlsx
  File: Remote_VESDA_Stations_05.xlsx
  Size: 0               Blocks: 0          IO Block: 4096   directory
Device: 2ch/44d Inode: 15          Links: 1
Access: (0700/drwx------)  Uid: (  503/   david)   Gid: (  100/   users)
Access: 1970-01-01 10:00:01.000000000 +1000
Modify: 1970-01-01 10:00:01.000000000 +1000
Change: 1970-01-01 10:00:01.000000000 +1000
 Birth: -
bash-5.0$ stat Remote_VESDA_Stations_07a.xlsx
  File: Remote_VESDA_Stations_07a.xlsx
  Size: 0               Blocks: 0          IO Block: 4096   directory
Device: 2ch/44d Inode: 16          Links: 1
Access: (0700/drwx------)  Uid: (  503/   david)   Gid: (  100/   users)
Access: 1970-01-01 10:00:01.000000000 +1000
Modify: 1970-01-01 10:00:01.000000000 +1000
Change: 1970-01-01 10:00:01.000000000 +1000
 Birth: -

and this is the output from the same directory copied to a Samba share of a VFAT file system on another computer running Slackware64-current.

Code:

bash-5.0$ for f in *; do stat "$f"; done
  File: Downloads
  Size: 0               Blocks: 0          IO Block: 4096   directory
Device: 2ch/44d Inode: 4           Links: 1
Access: (0700/drwx------)  Uid: (  503/   david)   Gid: (  100/   users)
Access: 2016-04-12 23:00:00.000000000 +1000
Modify: 2016-04-13 18:18:10.000000000 +1000
Change: 2016-04-13 18:18:10.000000000 +1000
 Birth: -
  File: Remote_VESDA_Stations_01.xlsx
  Size: 10351           Blocks: 21         IO Block: 4096   regular file
Device: 2ch/44d Inode: 5           Links: 1
Access: (0700/-rwx------)  Uid: (  503/   david)   Gid: (  100/   users)
Access: 2016-11-12 00:00:00.000000000 +1100
Modify: 2016-03-29 12:15:56.000000000 +1100
Change: 2016-03-29 12:15:56.000000000 +1100
 Birth: -
  File: Remote_VESDA_Stations_05.xlsx
  Size: 12731           Blocks: 25         IO Block: 4096   regular file
Device: 2ch/44d Inode: 6           Links: 1
Access: (0700/-rwx------)  Uid: (  503/   david)   Gid: (  100/   users)
Access: 2017-03-24 00:00:00.000000000 +1100
Modify: 2017-03-22 17:29:58.000000000 +1100
Change: 2017-03-22 17:29:58.000000000 +1100
 Birth: -
  File: Remote_VESDA_Stations_07a.xlsx
  Size: 9064            Blocks: 18         IO Block: 4096   regular file
Device: 2ch/44d Inode: 7           Links: 1
Access: (0700/-rwx------)  Uid: (  503/   david)   Gid: (  100/   users)
Access: 2017-03-30 00:00:00.000000000 +1100
Modify: 2017-03-30 08:57:06.000000000 +1100
Change: 2017-03-30 08:57:06.000000000 +1100
 Birth: -

Not sure that helps much. I am wondering if this oddity is coming from gvfs.