SFM Time and Date Stamp Change Copying Between Volumes Locally (170965)

SYMPTOMS

When copying folders and files from one volume to another volume using a Macintosh, the time and date stamps of the folder and files will change to the date and time of the copy. This should not occur when doing a copy as the data of the file has not changed.

This problem does not occur when copying files from Macintosh-accessible volumes over the network. The problem only occurs when copying files and folders on volumes residing on the same server.

CAUSE

The problem was caused by Services for Macintosh (SFM) having multiple data streams open on a file. Each stream has its own last modified time, and SFM had only changed one of the stream times. Because NTFS stores a last modified time on a per-file basis, not per-stream basis, the time that was written to the file was not always the one that SFM had set.

This has been addressed by closing all of the data streams except one, and then setting the time on that one stream, resulting in the time and date being set to the last modified time, which will be the same as the original file being copied from.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0 or Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack

For your convenience, the English version of this post-SP3 hotfix has been posted to the following Internet location. However, Microsoft recommends that you install Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4 to correct this problem.

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/usa/NT40 /hotfixes-postSP3/sfm-fix/

NOTE: The above link is one path; it has been wrapped for readability.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 4.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

166571 Creating an SFM Volume on Large Partition Causes a Stop 0x24

172511 Stop 0x0000000A w/ Services for Macintosh & McAfee Anti-Virus

177644 Commenting Macintosh File Changes Date and Time Stamp

178364 Macintosh Clients See Files on WinNT Server Constantly Moving

180622 STOP:0x0000001E with STATUS_INSUFFICIENT_RESOURCES in Sfmsrv.sys

180716 SFM Fails to Accept Associations with Two-Character Extensions

180717 SFM: File Date and Time Stamp Change with Get Info

180718 SFM: Disconnect Macintosh Clients before Dismounting Volume

185722 SFM Rebuilds Indexes upon Restarting of Windows NT