Here's what I just tried.
I connect to the DNS from my Fedora box.
smbclient //NAS-1/Volume_1 -U
Domain=[LINUXMCE] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.24]
Work my way down the tree...
smb: \public\data\videos\> ls
. D 0 Wed Jul 8 12:02:12 2009
.. D 0 Tue Jul 7 23:50:50 2009
V Is For Vendetta D 0 Sun Jul 26 14:56:37 2009 - Bad Folder creates cifs
Quantum Of Solace D 0 Wed Jul 8 11:12:24 2009 - Good Folder no cifs.
smb: \public\data\videos\> allinfo HELLBOY
altname: HELLBOY
create_time: Wed 08 Jul 2009 12:02:12 PM EDT EDT
access_time: Sun 26 Jul 2009 02:52:52 PM EDT EDT
write_time: Wed 08 Jul 2009 12:02:12 PM EDT EDT
change_time: Wed 08 Jul 2009 12:02:12 PM EDT EDT
NT_STATUS_OK getting streams for \public\data\videos\HELLBOY
smb: \public\data\videos\> allinfo "The Fellowship of the Ring"
altname: TG6IPP~H
create_time: Sun 26 Jul 2009 02:49:38 PM EDT EDT
access_time: Sun 26 Jul 2009 02:49:38 PM EDT EDT
write_time: Sun 26 Jul 2009 02:49:38 PM EDT EDT
change_time: Sun 26 Jul 2009 02:49:38 PM EDT EDT
NT_STATUS_OK getting streams for \public\data\videos\The Fellowship of the Ring
So Hellboy with just access_time adjusted on updatemedia is fine - no cifsxxxx being created.
Fellowship is one of the problem folders - create, access, write, change_time adjusted - cifsxxxx created.
And chmod fyi...
smb: \public\data\videos\> stat HELLBOY
File: \public\data\videos\HELLBOY
Size: 0 Blocks: 0 directory
Inode: 79200257 Links: 4
Access: (0777/drwxrwxrwx) Uid: 501 Gid: 501
Access: 2009-07-26 14:52:52 -0400
Modify: 2009-07-08 12:02:12 -0400
Change: 2009-07-08 12:02:12 -0400
smb: \public\data\videos\> stat "The Fellowship of the Ring"
File: \public\data\videos\The Fellowship of the Ring
Size: 0 Blocks: 0 directory
Inode: 8585217 Links: 4
Access: (0777/drwxrwxrwx) Uid: 501 Gid: 501
Access: 2009-07-26 14:49:38 -0400
Modify: 2009-07-26 14:49:38 -0400
Change: 2009-07-26 14:49:38 -0400