I have a heterogeneous network with a R.H. Linux server running Samba 3.0.5 and various Win clients (from Win 98 to Win XP Pro). On a Samba share I have an ISAM database (Access, FoxPro etc. like) that is being accessed by applications running on the Win clients and by applications running in Linux. I have disabled "opplocks" in both Win9x clients and on the Samba share. I have "mounted" the Samba share on the Linux server so that Linux applications are "pathed" to the share and accessing the data there.
The problem arises with locks. Files locked by the Win clients are seeing as locked by Win clients but not by Linux and viceversa. Any solution for this? I have "played" with options in Samba (level2 oplocks, veto oplocks, locking, kernel oplocks, etc.) without any improvements. One thing that I have clear is oplocks = no. Other parameters we have tried: To be more specific: Network name for Linux machine: pepe Name of Samba share (as seen by Win clients) : testdata Directory where data is on linux machine : /u/testdata Thus data can be accessed by: //pepe/testdata Mount point for Samba share in Linux: / Comand given to mount Samba share: mount -t smbfs -o username=whatever,password=key //pepe/testdata /testdata Checked mounting with: mount gives me : //pepe/testdata mounted on /testdata type smbfs (o) <--- By the way: what means the (o)? Then I make the paths to access the data from Linux to be /testdata and fron win clients to be //pepe/testdata Can you see anything wrong? Tests I am going to make are: 1-Modify the name of the Samba share so that "share name <> name linux directory" 2-Mount the Samba share at another point rather than / 3-Try to access the data from Linux with the same full path as Win clients. In the above case //pepe/testdata rather than /testdata Finally: shouldn't "posix locking = yes" in smb.conf give consistent locking between SMB and posix (NFS or local) access? TIA Jos� Guimar�es [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Director Moose Software http://www.moose-software.com <http://www.moose-software.com/> -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
