Re: [Samba] Request for explanation on NFS re-export issue

2007-08-07 Thread Volker Lendecke
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 03:03:09PM -0700, Ray Van Dolson wrote: In any case, setting strict locking = no on my Samba server makes things work, so this at least is getting me by. posix locking = no is more appropriate here. But however: DONT re-export nfs-imported shares with Samba. Install

Re: [Samba] Request for explanation on NFS re-export issue

2007-08-07 Thread John Drescher
But however: DONT re-export nfs-imported shares with Samba. Install Samba on the NFS server. Just wondering as I have seen this advice a few times in the past. Would it be possible to use msdfs to make it look to the users that the files are still on one server as I have been exporting NFS

Re: [Samba] Request for explanation on NFS re-export issue

2007-08-07 Thread Volker Lendecke
On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 04:56:10AM -0400, John Drescher wrote: But however: DONT re-export nfs-imported shares with Samba. Install Samba on the NFS server. Just wondering as I have seen this advice a few times in the past. Would it be possible to use msdfs to make it look to the

Re: [Samba] Request for explanation on NFS re-export issue

2007-08-07 Thread John Drescher
Sure, but to switch from non-dfs to dfs be aware that you have to boot all clients. It may also be possible that you're right now sitting on a version that has the msdfs options set to yes. Check your testparm output. Thanks, I know I have it set to no. Are there any serious drawbacks of

[Samba] Request for explanation on NFS re-export issue

2007-08-06 Thread Ray Van Dolson
I have a situation involving Samba that I _believe_ may be the fault of a buggy or old NFS daemon, but am not sure. I'm hoping someone can explain to me what is going on here (I have found a workaround). I have a Samba server on Fedora 7 (3.0.25b + whatever patches Fedora includes). This server