Could you make the reply to this post public for all of us to see. All the research done on this topic on google comes up with one response: myob has left a bug in their product to stop multiple users (1 is ok, 1 > is bad and reduce to crawl) from using linux as the file server of their .prm files.
Slackware 7.1, samba 2.0.7, tcp as the protocol used (not ipx). Cheers, Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: Grant Parnell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, 5 January 2002 11:26 PM > To: Michael Sztachanski > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [SLUG] Linux not suitable as a fileserver for MYOB ??? > > > On Sat, 5 Jan 2002, Michael Sztachanski wrote: > > > FYI, > > > > an running MYOB Premier 4.5+ at a clients premises. The Head Office > > (Syd) has 5 accounts people, with another 2 connect via VPN > from Melb., > > with another 2 from Qld via VPN as well. > > > > Clients are M$ W98. > > > > File Server: Turbolinux 6.5 running samba (PCD) > > > > Firewall/routers: TL6.5 > > > > VPN: FreeS/WAN over ADSL > > > > This site has been up and running for over 9mths with no > corruption so far. > > > > regards > > > > Michael Sztachanski > > Snr. Tech. Engineer > > cell: 0410 547593 > > Would you care to give details on the filesystem used, samba > version and > the samba config you've got, just for reference? > > -- > ---<GRiP>--- > Web: www.arcadia.au.com/gripz > Phone/fax: 02 4950 1194 > Mobile: 0408 686 201 > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
