I'm not sure if you fixed your problem yet. I do know that Samba supports
multiple ways of locking files, including partial locks (locking a few
sectors worth of a file for update). Have you looked into that?
Matt
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Deim Agoston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 3:59 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [expert] mero samba&access horror
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>
> Hi !
>
> Thanks the responses to everyone who helped me to solve the mapping
> problem. But this Access stuff sucks ! I'm going mad. When I want to
> access the databases stored on the server frm more then one client it
> rejects to map the drive and the access program gives me the "Runtime
> error" message. The dialog box says that the file is in use
> so it can't
> open or do anything with it. It seems to me that the Samba
> locks the file
> (or the client program wants to do it and Samba allows this *******
> behaviour). How can I resolove this. Either to reject the
> locking or not
> to lock the files natively. Any help appriciated. SOS !
> Thanks,
> Ago
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