On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 10:06, Kurt Pfeifle wrote: > Hi, Samba-friends > > I am not very deep in Samba *file* services, so please bear with me. > > The network admins of my employer alarmed me (being the local "Linux > Guy") with this problem: > > * they run a 2-node fileserver cluster, based on RedHat (version?) > with a Samba version announcing itself "2.2.7-security-rollout" > or similar. > > * Samba runs in a chrooted environment. It was set up and configured > by some external contractor. Everything run smoothly and stable > until recently. > > * The now have upgraded 100 Windows 2000 workstations to ServicePack > 4 (after some testing, they say). > > * Now these workstations' users can't open any Excel files on the Samba > shares any more. The error message speaks about "missing memory". > > * If they copy the files to the local box, they are able to open > them. The files also do open after being copied over to the previous > WinNT 4.0 file server, which was resurrected now for the purpose. > > I was able to have a look at it last night. I took notes about versions, > config settings etc, but - rats! - left the paper in the server room, > so I can't be much more specific at the momeent. (My notes are locked > in there now since it is a bank holiday in Germany.) > > One strange thing is this: > > --> After increasing the debuglevel to 5 (using smbcontrol), one > workstation could open the files. *That* connection was made as > "root". Decreasing debuglevel to 1, 2, 3 and 4 re-produced the > problem. Increasing to 5 and 10 made it go away again. > > --> Trying to repeat the same from a different workstation (where > the connection was made as a normal user) recreated the problem, > but in all debuglevels, including 5 and 10. > > > My questions: > > * Is this an already known problem ? > * What could possibly cause it? What could I do for a remedy ? > * What exact tests could I run and what info could I give > (apart from the obvious smb.conf, version no. etc.) to help > trace it ? [I have the log files for levels 1, 2, 3, 4 and > 5 reflecting attempts to open the Excel files from the workstation > that connected as "root"]. > > > Any help and hint is much appreciated. > Thanks for your efforts. > Cheers, Kurt
sounds like they are using office 2000 and it needs the latest service pack. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5C011C70-47D0-4306-9FA4-8E92D36332FE&displaylang=EN hope this helps. -- Vince Scimeca - Senior Technology Manager Jupitermedia Corp. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
