Thanks for the info. I am using the smbfs debian package, but mount tells me that type is cifs
//nsh/jyoung on /mnt/uni type cifs (rw,mand) I have updated my fstab: //nsh/jyoung /mnt/uni cifs credentials=/myfolder/credentials,gid=jyoung,uid=jyoung,auto,rw 0 0 and remounted, same problem. Thanks, Jim On 10/04/2008, Jeremy Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. > -- James Young, B.Sc. Ph.D. Student Interactions laboratory, Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4 Phone: +1.403.210.9502 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~jyoung/ -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
