samba record locking

[Mark Szidik]

Have you tried to set the oplocks=no option on that share?  How about
oplock files=no ?

I don't claim to know exactly what these will do, but you can try them.
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Mark Szidik
System Administrator           Ph: 517.694.4242 x17  Fax: 517.694.9303 
Michigan Library Consortium    http://www.mlc.lib.mi.us

On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, Mike Rambo wrote:

> I got back out to our Linux server at ForestView today.  It appears the
> problem with accessing some of the server apps is one of record
> locking.  A program called Accelerated Reader is one of the critical
> apps we must have available to all workstations.  Basically what I've
> found it that it's useable by all stations as long as it is done one at
> a time.
> 
> Can anyone explain how record locking is handled with samba?  The server
> is set up with share security and although share modes = yes is default
> I have also explicitly stated it too.  This particular app is among a
> few that need write access to data files and a temp directory.  All of
> the apps have been made public read only shares with the write access
> granted to those directories that need it.  I don't really know how the
> app itself handles it's data updates with multiple users but I do know
> that this program is working on other Novell and NT servers so it should
> work with Linux.
> 
> Any idea's would be very much appreciated.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Mike Rambo
> mrambo@lsd.k12.mi.us
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