RE: [Samba] Win98 Network File Caching?

2004-06-08 Thread David Rea
Hi Jeremy,

Thanks very much. I will give that a shot little later today. I am assuming
that it doesn't affect any other OS client side except for 95 & 98
Strange.

Cheers

Regards,
Dave

> This is almost certainly due to oplocks on the client. To
> prevent this either turn off oplocks on the Samba server
> (oplocks = no on the share definition) or use Linux, which
> has a kernel that natively supports oplocks. Hmmm. As you're
> on a SCO system I'd definitely suggest the latter. Using a
> system whose author shows a predilection for suing their
> own customers isn't a good idea...
>
> Jeremy.

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Re: [Samba] Win98 Network File Caching?

2004-06-08 Thread Jeremy Allison
On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 09:33:30AM +0800, David Rea wrote:
> Hi Guys,
> 
> This is a strange one. We use Samba on a SCO UNIX Box that shares various
> files out. If you are on a Win98 system and copy a text document over to the
> local disk on win98 and then modify the file on a single line from the SCO
> system and then re-copy that file again to the 98 box it doesn't recognise
> any difference. It doesn't appear to occur with XP and Linux systems
> mounting the Samba shares at all. So I am assuming this is a problem with
> Win98?
> 
> Can anyone please share some light on this subject, I have done lots and
> lots of searching with no luck on how to overcome this issue. I have tried
> various things like disable caching on Windows etc etc etc. Nothing helps
> :-(

This is almost certainly due to oplocks on the client. To
prevent this either turn off oplocks on the Samba server
(oplocks = no on the share definition) or use Linux, which
has a kernel that natively supports oplocks. Hmmm. As you're
on a SCO system I'd definitely suggest the latter. Using a
system whose author shows a predilection for suing their
own customers isn't a good idea...

Jeremy.
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[Samba] Win98 Network File Caching?

2004-06-08 Thread David Rea
Hi Guys,

This is a strange one. We use Samba on a SCO UNIX Box that shares various
files out. If you are on a Win98 system and copy a text document over to the
local disk on win98 and then modify the file on a single line from the SCO
system and then re-copy that file again to the 98 box it doesn't recognise
any difference. It doesn't appear to occur with XP and Linux systems
mounting the Samba shares at all. So I am assuming this is a problem with
Win98?

Can anyone please share some light on this subject, I have done lots and
lots of searching with no luck on how to overcome this issue. I have tried
various things like disable caching on Windows etc etc etc. Nothing helps
:-(

Thanks

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David Rea
IT Support
Ultra Trace Pty Ltd
Ph:  (08) 9456 0404
Fax: (08) 9456 0403
Web: http://www.ultratrace.com.au

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