[olug] Samba

[Bill Brush]

If all else fails you could still avoid a Win server by using a Netware
server.  :-)



olug-bounces at olug.org wrote on 05/14/2004 03:28:32 PM:

> The company that the SW was bought from says it works perfectly with
> Windows servers.  Not Linux due to the fact that you cannot turn of
> file locking.  I take that as a load of crap personally!  So I will
> give that a try...  I will post more when I know more...thanx!!
>
> Craig Wolf
> Linux Web Server Support
> Desktop/Network Specialist
> 402-894-6283
>
>
> >>> phil at brutsche.us 5/14/2004 >>>
> Craig Wolf wrote:
> > Ok, here we go.  I have a Samba server serving 7 people with 3-4
> > people accessing the database of a program that is on each
> > workstation.  The program works GREAT when 1 person is in it.  We
> > just started using it with more than 1 person and noticed a problem.
> > It appears that there is some file locking going on because when 2-3
>
> I was going to say "fudge with your oplocks" but someone beat me to it.
>
> > If I don't find a "workaround/fix" quickly for this piece of
> > software, this machine will have to have Windows server 2000
> > installed and setup.  TIA!!
>
> Before you go through all that trouble I would verify that it'll work
> with a Windows 2000 server.  There are some programs that simply aren't
> designed for this sort of environment, and will have file locking and/or
> data corruption issues no matter what the file server OS is, regardless
> of whether opportunistic locking is on or off.
>
> You may need to verify with the software vendor that their program is
> designed to work with a file server.
>
> Of course, this is all AFTER you try to turn off opportunistic locking :)
>
> --
>
> Phil Brutsche
> phil at brutsche.us
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