Comment 17 for bug 462172

Had the same problem described above (copying folder with 77k files from windows 7 64Bit to ubuntu 9.10 server ended quickly in error message "too many files open...").

Installed the -proposed package manually (sudo aptitude install samba/karmik-proposed). After samba restart copying same folder works without interruption (windows error message that is).

I do notice a performance drop though. Where before the installation of the samba -proposed package I could copy a 2GB file at approx. 75-80MB/s to the samba share, the speed is now down to 60-65MB/s.