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Copying file using NFS, creates file with 0 Bytes size and error: operation not permitted

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • NFS 
  • NTFS  security style volume

Issue

  • Copying file using NFS, results in creation of empty file with 0 Bytes size, and displays operation not permitted
  • When running operation the second time, it succeeds

Example:

$ cp file1.txt file2.txt
cp: cannot create regular file `file2.txt': Operation not permitted

$ ls -l total 736
-rwxrwxrwx 1 user group 0 Jul 10 16:10 TestFile.txt
-rwxrwxrwx 1 user group 9 Jul 13 14:48 file1.txt
-rwxrwxrwx 1 user group 0 Jul 13 14:48 file2.txt <<
$ cat file2.txt
$
$ cp file1.txt file2.txt
$ cat file2.txt
New File
$
$ ls -l
-rwxrwxrwx 1 user group 0 Jul 10 16:10 TestFile.txt
-rwxrwxrwx 1 user group 9 Jul 13 14:48 file1.txt
-rwxrwxrwx 1 user group 9 Jul 13 14:50 file2.txt <<

 

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