We do this with SAMBA on Linux so it can be done. I am not familiar with the zOS SMB but in SAMBA, there are configuration settings for types of supported locking on a share. You may want to check this on your server.
Aria > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of > van Sleeuwen, Berry > Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 3:10 AM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Shared documents in Samba > > Hello listers, > > We have an excel document in a zOS SMB drive that needs to be shared in > write mode. Excel does support opening the document in shared mode, > where multiple users can update the file at the same time (Tools -> > share workbook -> allow multiple users). However, this can't be done > when it's in a zOS SMB drive. When we open the document in our zOS SBM > drive, we still get a message that the xls is locked. So we now moved > the document into a windows shared drive. > > But it makes me wonder, can this be done in a SAMBA drive? And > obviously, if so, how can we setup such a feature? > > > Met vriendelijke groet/With kind regards, > Berry van Sleeuwen > Flight Forum 3000 5657 EW Eindhoven > > ( +31 (0)6 22564276 > > > > > > Atos Origin <http://www.atosorigin.com/> > > MO CF SC Mainframe Services > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 > or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
