Hi Peter,
i dont know any bugs with samba and offline files, sync is a complex
stuff on native windows servers too,
on the samba side there is only this parameter to controll them, so
other stuff is client related
which can be very fine controlled by adms or/and local machine policies.
for sure you should have the latest samba version , and a brand new win
client for testing with all patches installed.
i recommend study tech net working with offline files.
As i did synced homes for laptops last time i had no problem with it,
but i was not
very lucky about the gereral implementation of this feature in windows.
so i did it with rsync wich works more nice.
theres only one good stuff and this is the general controll of this
behavior in a domain
from NTconfig.pol which i like very much
Best Regards
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Robert,
I understand about the configuration options on the Windows side, but what
my problem is that no matter what I setup on the windows side, the clients
do not behave properly with offline files from my Samba server. If I set
them offline from a windows server, there is no problem. I only have
issues when I make a samba share available offline. I need to make every
user's home directory available offline for laptop travel, but I can't get
the system to work.
I am really starting to think this is a bug in my version of Samba.
Thanks! -Cheers, Peter.
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Law supersedes Ohm's Law.
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Re: [Samba] [Repost] Offline Files
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Hi Peter,
there is only one parameter in smb.conf
with offline files to a share
from man smb.conf
csc policy (S)
This stands for client-side caching policy, and specifies how
clients capable of offline caching will cache the files in the share.
The valid values are: manual, documents, programs, disable.
These values correspond to those used on Windows servers.
For example, shares containing roaming profiles can have offline
caching disabled using csc policy = disable.
Default: csc policy = manual
Example: csc policy = programs
but if you wanna fine tune i.e by users/groups/host etc you have
to do this with NTconfig.pol in the netlogon share created by
poledit.exe which is more flexible
so would say use csc policy = manual in your conf so it depends to users
entries when or what offline sync in a share, but i dont think this is a
good idea at the profiles share ( as i saw it in your conf ,i use
disable here )
Best Regards
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Robert,
Ah, I now see what you are meaning... I have used the Active
Directory
policy manager to create the policies that I want and have successfully
run
offline files from a Windows server, my trouble is that when I move to a
Samba server, the Windows PCs have improper behavior. (i.e. files can
not
be accessed even with proper permissions, applications report the files
as
non-existant, etc.) I am thinking that my problem is either related to
my Samba configuration or my Samba version. How does my configuration
file
compare to your configuration?
Thanks so much! -Cheers, Peter.
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Law supersedes Ohm's Law.
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Re: [Samba] [Repost] Offline Files
No Go
hi, sorry that i wrote this like missunderstanding,
what i mean you can fully control offline file/directory behavior
with NTconfig.pol for user ,groups ,client machines
so this is the tool/function you need
i use it to disable offline files on workstations and have it possible
with laptop with different samba shares.
there are a lot of ohter features possible, so exclude filestypes etc..
Regards
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Robert,
I don't want to disable this... I want to make it work. That is what
I
am looking for help with.
Thanks. -Cheers, Peter.
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Law supersedes Ohm's Law.
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Re: [Samba] [Repost] Offline
Files
No Go
Hi,
yo can do disabling offline features via NTconfig.pol.
for users and/or machines and different folders
study google and smb faqs how to use this
Regards
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
Dear All,
I want to enable Offline Files support on several Win2K SP4 laptops.
We
have a samba file server. I have researched as much as I could to get
answers and here is what I have. I am unfortunately unable to get this
working properly. If anyone can answer or point me in to a good
resource,
I would greatly appreciate that. I am attempting to offline profile
directories mapped to network drive letter X:. Here is my config for
the
profiles share:
-----------------
[Profiles]
comment = Shared User Profiles
path = /home
invalid users = nobody, guest
create mask = 0600
directory mask = 0700
map acl inherit = Yes
case sensitive = Yes
hide special files = Yes
store dos attributes = Yes
csc policy = documents
dos filemode = Yes
dos filetime resolution = Yes
-----------------
I get an error similar to the following for every file that I try to
make
available offline:
Could not make 'somthing.doc' available offline. The specified file
can
not be found.
If I create a new file, it appears as available offine, but I can
neither
delete nor rename it.
At that point I usually start to get an Access Denied error on the
entire
shared drive and am forced to restart.
The share is stored on a RHEL 3 server running Samba 3.0.9-1.3E.5 with
an
EXT3 file system with ACL support enabled.
I have also included my global configuration at the bottom of this
email.
Here is my test procedure.
-I make a share available offline.
-It synchronizes showing all current files as "Unable to make
'file.txt'
available offine on '\\server_b\profiles\testuser\My Documents'. The
system
cannot find the file specified."
-I create new files in the folder while online. They appear oplocked
in
samba status:
DENY_NONE RDWR EXCLUSIVE+BATCH /home/testuser/My Documents/New
Text
Document.txt
-I attempt to give the file a name. This results in "X:\My Documents
folder does not exist. Do you want to create it?"
-The oplock is removed.
-If I edit the file and attempt to save changes, I get "This file
exists
with Read Only attributes. Please use a different name."
-If I then name the file something else, the file is created on the
windows side and appears offline available. The file appears on the
samba
server also.
-If I try to save this file again, I repeat the "This file exists
with
Read Only attributes..." situation from above.
-Now, if I take the computer "offline" by disconnecting the NIC...
all
files behave normally.
-After reconnecting, all files that were changed on windows while
offline
are synced to the samba server.
Could this have something to do with case sensitivity or such?
ANY help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks! -Cheers, Peter.
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[global]
workgroup = EXAMPLE
realm = EXAMPLE.COM
server string = File Server [ServerB] (Samba %v)
security = ADS
password server = SERVERA
username level = 5
log level = 1
log file = /var/log/samba/%m
max xmit = 65535
name resolve order = host wins bcast
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_SNDBUF=65536 SO_RCVBUF=65536
IPTOS_LOWDELAY
load printers = No
logon script = \\servera\netlogon\logon.bat
logon drive = X:
logon home = \\SERVERB\Profiles\%U
lm announce = No
preferred master = No
local master = No
domain master = No
wins server = 10.0.2.1
lock spin count = 30
lock spin time = 15
ldap ssl = no
idmap uid = 1000-2000
idmap gid = 1000-2000
template primary group = @
template homedir = /home/%U
template shell = /bin/bash
winbind separator = +
winbind cache time = 10
winbind use default domain = Yes
winbind nested groups = Yes
printer admin = jdoe
read only = No
create mask = 0660
directory mask = 0770
inherit permissions = Yes
inherit acls = Yes
delete veto files = Yes
veto files = /.AppleDouble/.AppleDesktop/Network Trash Folder/
veto oplock files = /*.sem/*.qbw/*.mdb/*.nsf/*.log/*.id/*.ini/
csc policy = disable
strict locking = No
(See attached file: robert.vcf)
(See attached file: robert.vcf)
(See attached file: robert.vcf)
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