On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 10:12:54AM -0600, Jim Young wrote: > Hello, > > Recently, the following problem started happening with a particular samba > server: > If i have a file open for reading (say, a pdf in xpdf) and then try to write > to it (say, through recompiling a latex document) it complains that it > cannot open the file for writing. > > this seems like a file lock issue but I am unsure where it is happening. My > previous usage should be perfectly safe since xpdf should only open for > reading. > > This problem does not happen locally or when I connect to a different samba > server (a windows machine). I can also ssh into the remote server, port xpdf > , and my local process can write to the file. It is the samba connection > that is making the lock. > > I am running Debian Unstable, using smbclient/smbfs 3.0.28a-1 to connect > to a samba server (unix backend) on my university network. Server: > Samba3.0.10-1.4E > > I mount the smb share in my fstab as follows: > > //myserver/jyoung /mnt/uni smbfs > credentials=credsfile,gid=jyoung,uid=jyoung,auto,rw
smbfs is going out of support soon. You should be using cifsfs instead. Jeremy. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
