On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 01:32:05PM +0200, Andreas Haumer wrote: > > I do not have an explicit test case for this problem. > It just "happens" sometimes: the user is trying to > open a file on a simple samba share he (or she) works > regularily with and for no apparent reason windows pops > up a dialog telling it "can't open the file because it's > already opened by some other user or process". > No need to say that all users say they have _not_ > already opened the file in any way. > > Samba log messages tell me that the file was indeed > opened and closed several times in less than a second > when the user is trying to access the file. Eventually > I then see this "share violation on file" error in the > logs (see my previous mail). > I can not link this error message 1:1 to this problem though, > as I see many more of them in the log file than I have user > reports about this problem. > > If the user then acknowledges the windows error dialog by > klicking "OK", the file opens without further problems. > There is no need to restart Samba or the Windows PC. > (so it's more an annoyance and in no way a showstopper, > but it would be nice to have it resolved anyway)
Ok, this behaviour is familiar. I think this may be the 1 second deferred open behaviour. I know how to fix this, just haven't coded this up yet as it's tricky. If I do code up a fix would you be willing to try a test version of Samba 3.0.x ? Jeremy. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
