On Wednesday, November 27, 2002, at 09:53 PM, Sascha W�st wrote:
could someone please give me the correct entries for using Foxpro with aLet me take a stab at helping you. I have had many years of running XBase applications on Samba file servers - we have Clipper, dBASE and 32-bit Windows applications developed using the Borland Database Engine (BDE), and Codebase. dBASE should be pretty much the same as Foxpro for locking issues, since most of the locking is defined in the DBF file format.
samba share. I tried everything I can think of in the smb.conf but I am
always confronted with locking problems and multiuser issues:
Ok - to comment on your smb.conf options....
Don't do this on a global basis, unless FoxPro database files are the only thing on the server. Leave oplocks at their defaults for Samba 2.2.x, and turn off oplocks selectively for your FoxPro files under each share's settings in smb.conf, using the 'veto oplocks' option. Here's an example:oplocks=off
[data]
comment = Database Storage
veto oplock files = /*.DBF/*.dbf/*.MDX/*.mdx/*.NDX/*.ndx/
I have never changes those options from their defaults. I don't think these are your problem.lock spin count = 3 lock spin time = 25
In addition to this, I would add:locking=yes
strict locking = yes
Strict locking will enforce file locks even if the client is a 'poorly written' one that does not check for locks properly.
Other settings to check are to make sure you have not turned off things like 'share modes', which are crucial for most DOS and Windows apps to work properly when sharing files.....
Let me know if any of this helps.
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Jim Morris ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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