Re: best way to read and write text files on a linux server from vfp

oplocks I think, I'll have to doublecheck at the client site to be sure but here are a couple of references I found googling for samba foxpro: http://www.drouillard.ca/TipsTricks/Samba/Oplocks.htm http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/2005-December/115566.html As for dbfs,In the past when I've

Re: best way to read and write text files on a linux server from vfp

As for dbfs,In the past when I've used samba for foxpro data I've always had to make the share read/write for everyone. I think also there are some directives that need to be put into smb.conf specifically to avoid file locking/buffer issues. Could you elaborate on those directives? I'm running

Re: best way to read and write text files on a linux server from vfp

thanks for the great answers. I am probably either going to use the pscp program from the putty website, or try the symlink idea. I think both will satisfy my needs. As for dbfs,In the past when I've used samba for foxpro data I've always had to make the share read/write for everyone. I think

best way to read and write text files on a linux server from vfp

I need to read and write some plain text configuration files on a linux server on a regular basis. I'd like some degree of security too. I was thinking of using scp but I havent found an easy solution for vfp that utilizes scp. I also thought of using samba to just share the folder containing

Re: best way to read and write text files on a linux server from vfp

On Feb 20, 2007, at 10:30 AM, Jeff Roberts wrote: I need to read and write some plain text configuration files on a linux server on a regular basis. I'd like some degree of security too. I was thinking of using scp but I havent found an easy solution for vfp that utilizes scp. I also

Re: best way to read and write text files on a linux server from vfp

On 2/20/07, Jeff Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd like some degree of security too. What is it that you're looking for? You can limit a Samba share to a specific user and (I think) IP address, and give Linux permissions to that user to only a few files or directories. Is there more you

Re: best way to read and write text files on a linux server from vfp

Ed Leafe wrote: What I do is create a Samba share on the Linux box, and then create symlinks to the files in that share. You still need to make sure that you have permission to edit the files, but at least you're not exposing anything but that shared folder. So if I wanted to

Re: best way to read and write text files on a linux server from vfp

On Feb 20, 2007, at 8:42 PM, MB Software Solutions wrote: So if I wanted to use a Linux server as the common LAN database repository, that's what I'd do for VFP files if in fact I was using DBFs? I'd probably put the DBFs directly in the share. I only mentioned symlinks because