Microsoft KB Archive/931930

= FIX: A file still exists if you try to use Windows Services for UNIX 3.5 at a NFS client to delete a file on an AIX-based NFS server =

Article ID: 931930

Article Last Modified on 11/15/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX 3.5

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SYMPTOMS
On an AIX 4.1.5-based Network File System (NFS) server or on an AIX 3.2.5-based NFS server, you use Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX 3.5 at a NFS client. If you try to delete a file on the NFS server from the NFS client, the file still exists.

Note This problem has been reported on AIX 4.1.5-based NFS servers.



CAUSE
This problem occurs because the NFS server does not finish the series of the NFS commands that are used to delete a file. Therefore, the file still exists on the NFS server even if you try to delete the file from the NFS client.



Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that this article describes. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, submit a request to Microsoft Online Customer Services to obtain the hotfix. To submit an online request to obtain the hotfix, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6294451

Note If additional issues occur or any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. To create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Restart requirement
You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.



MORE INFORMATION
This hotfix updates the series of NFS commands that are sent by the NFS client. After you apply the hotfix, the NFS server finishes the request to delete a file.

For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

The third-party products that this article discusses are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, about the performance or reliability of these products.

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