Hi Grzegorz Prokopski
> We want remote acces to an dos database application.
> Everything's works just fine, everything but file locks ;(
The basic problem seems to be that Unix (and also Linux) doesn't know
record locking (aka byte range locking), only file locking. But DOS
database programs like clipper need record locking.
Samba and Mars_nwe emulate record locking.
I had a similar problem: in a small company they use a clipper program
in a network. The workstations are 3 DOS and 1 Win98. And there is
another station that dials in from elsewhere via ISDN.
My solution was:
Server runs Linux with Samba, Mars_nwe.
- The DOS stations connect to the Linux box by Novell clients and runs
the clipper program on the connected drive.
- The Win98 station connect to the Linux box by Samba and runs the
clipper program in a dos box on the connected drive.
- The remote station dials in and connects to a vncserver. The vncserver
serves xdos. This xdos connects to the Linux disk by a Novell client
(like the DOS clients). Within xdos runs the clipper program.
Bernhard Sander
