This seems like a CIFS issue. Could you confirm you are *not* seeing those spurious files when using smbclient to connect to the share ?
** Changed in: samba (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- Files named cifsxxxx (x is various numbers) suddenly appear in many directories of cif mounts https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/478649 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs