10.4.x Finder bug with AFP mounted home directory during a copy
We have at least 500 macs connected to various xserve's all running the latest OS (10.4.x) Server and (10.4.x) Client. When a network user logins in and recieves a home directory mounted through AFP (Share is not using ACLs) we find that in several cases when they perform a copy of a file by holding down the option key from any afp mounted folder it will sometimes produce a message saying the original file exists and your only option is to press ok. Once you do this both the original file and the copy disappear. For anyone with this setup please try the following. I'm looking for others with the same issue. The steps listed below may have to be repeated anywhere from 1-100 times it's very random. Once the behaviour occurs it will happen more frequently during your login session.
1) Create a simple text file and save it to you afp network mounted desktop.
2) Select the file and hold down option to drag the file which will then create a copy.
3) Repeat several times until a message is reported. (Note for each additional copy use the original file as the source for the copy)
4) Once you press OK in the dialog box the original and the last copy disappear.
If you don't recieve the above results then maybe my setup is at fault. But we have a support agreement with apple and they were able to reproduce this bug but I have yet to recieve a fix or an answer. I even installed 10.4.4 on client and server and it's still not fixed.
If anyone else has the same issue please report back to me. I know my test is something most users would not do but like I mentioned it can happen after the very first copy which in my case means that a student has lost their only copy of a document.
On a side note if you can reproduce this I have found that when the error message appears I don't press ok just yet but instead open a finder window and copy the original to an non afp volume. I then press ok and the file is still removed but the orignal is safe. Also this bug only applies to AFP mounted volumes/home directories. I cannot reproduce this when I log in with a local account.
Any help is appreciated.
Brad
1) Create a simple text file and save it to you afp network mounted desktop.
2) Select the file and hold down option to drag the file which will then create a copy.
3) Repeat several times until a message is reported. (Note for each additional copy use the original file as the source for the copy)
4) Once you press OK in the dialog box the original and the last copy disappear.
If you don't recieve the above results then maybe my setup is at fault. But we have a support agreement with apple and they were able to reproduce this bug but I have yet to recieve a fix or an answer. I even installed 10.4.4 on client and server and it's still not fixed.
If anyone else has the same issue please report back to me. I know my test is something most users would not do but like I mentioned it can happen after the very first copy which in my case means that a student has lost their only copy of a document.
On a side note if you can reproduce this I have found that when the error message appears I don't press ok just yet but instead open a finder window and copy the original to an non afp volume. I then press ok and the file is still removed but the orignal is safe. Also this bug only applies to AFP mounted volumes/home directories. I cannot reproduce this when I log in with a local account.
Any help is appreciated.
Brad
iMac G5, Mac OS X (10.4.3), iSight
