[Samba] Microsoft Outlook pst files unable to open or create

L.P.H. van Belle belle at bazuin.nl
Tue May 10 08:33:04 MDT 2011


hi, 

so your running centos 5.5. with outdated kernel in 64bit, with old samba.
3.0 of red hat.. 
aargg.. 

i suggest, upgrade to samba 3.3 from centos and use the kernel suppied by
centos for 5.5.
I cant beleave that 2.6.18 is the "official" kernel of centos 5.5. lots has
changed. 

also i'm betting your doing this because of the "upgrade" problems.. 
( as i had ) 

but even better.

upgrade your server to centos 5.6 
install samba 3.5.4 from centos. 
use the kernel from centos 5.6 ( i guess 2.6.32+ kernel) 

Use these settings in samba.
in [global] 
        host msdfs = No
        unix extensions = No

set these settings on the share with the nfs mounted folder.
## share options, not for global.
#       wide links = yes
#       follow symlinks = yes


Your mixing lots of old things here and that makes it hard to diagnose. 

Louis



>-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>Van: Doug Tucker [mailto:tuckerd at lyle.smu.edu] 
>Verzonden: 2011-05-10 16:23
>Aan: L.P.H. van Belle
>CC: samba at lists.samba.org
>Onderwerp: Re: [Samba] Microsoft Outlook pst files unable to 
>open or create
>
>Louis,
>
>A uname of the new server:
>uname -a
>Linux xxxxxx 2.6.18-238.5.1.el5 #1 SMP Fri Apr 1 18:41:58 EDT 2011
>x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
>I'm still running the 3.0 packaged binaries from Centos (redhat
>derivative):
>
>rpm -qa | grep samba
>samba-common-3.0.33-3.29.el5_6.2
>samba-client-3.0.33-3.29.el5_6.2
>samba-3.0.33-3.29.el5_6.2
>
>
>Yes, our samba server mounts a file server over NFS...both of them do.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Doug
>
>
>On Tue, 2011-05-10 at 16:19 +0200, L.P.H. van Belle wrote:
>> Hello Doug, 
>> 
>> I was running 3.0 before, recently upgraded to 3.5.6 
>> kernel 2.6.26 also to 2.6.32 
>> 
>> I had no problems after the upgrade with outlook. 
>> There were settings changed in samba, because of security issues.
>> 
>> are the pst file on nfs mounted folder of something like that. 
>> 
>> Which kernel are you running? 
>> 
>> Best regards, 
>> 
>> Louis
>> 
>> 
>> >-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>> >Van: Doug Tucker [mailto:tuckerd at lyle.smu.edu] 
>> >Verzonden: 2011-05-10 16:11
>> >Aan: L.P.H. van Belle
>> >CC: samba at lists.samba.org
>> >Onderwerp: Re: [Samba] Microsoft Outlook pst files unable to 
>> >open or create
>> >
>> >Thanks Louis.  I indeed have a samba 3.0.x server on Centos 
>> >4.8 that has
>> >no issues either.  The newly deployed Centos 5.5 with samba 
>> >3.0.x is the
>> >one Outlook cannot write to (yet other office applicatioins can).
>> >
>> >
>> >On Tue, 2011-05-10 at 16:08 +0200, L.P.H. van Belle wrote:
>> >> Im running samba 3.5.6 ( debian ) with outlook 2003 pst in 
>> >my users home
>> >> folder, in hidden folder ( .email ) 
>> >> no probems here, not even with the 4GB + pst files.. :-S 
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >> Greetz, 
>> >> 
>> >> Louis
>> >> >-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>> >> >Van: tuckerd at lyle.smu.edu 
>> >> >[mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] Namens Doug Tucker
>> >> >Verzonden: 2011-05-10 16:02
>> >> >Aan: mueller at tropenklinik.de
>> >> >CC: samba at lists.samba.org
>> >> >Onderwerp: Re: [Samba] Microsoft Outlook pst files unable to 
>> >> >open or create
>> >> >
>> >> >Thank you for the reply, I was starting to think no one was 
>> >out there!
>> >> >An rpm query shows these packages:
>> >> >
>> >> >rpm -qa | grep samba
>> >> >samba-common-3.0.33-3.29.el5_6.2
>> >> >samba-client-3.0.33-3.29.el5_6.2
>> >> >samba-3.0.33-3.29.el5_6.2
>> >> >
>> >> >Based on the fact that other apps have no problem, it points to
>> >> >something weird with Outlook, BUT...outlook has no 
>problem whatsover
>> >> >with the other samba server..that's what throws me for a loop!
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >On Tue, 2011-05-10 at 08:47 +0200, Daniel Müller wrote:
>> >> >> What is your samba ver. Number????
>> >> >> Do you use exchange??
>> >> >> There are the same error like yours with ost files and caching.
>> >> >> This seems a bug in outlook(2007-2010) not in samba!??
>> >> >> I myself have a small group of Outlook-xp-pst files on samba 
>> >> >3.5.8 without
>> >> >> any errors. I have
>> >> >> a redirection of domain-users to samba home share.
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> -----------------------------------------------
>> >> >> EDV Daniel Müller
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> Leitung EDV
>> >> >> Tropenklinik Paul-Lechler-Krankenhaus
>> >> >> Paul-Lechler-Str. 24
>> >> >> 72076 Tübingen
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> Tel.: 07071/206-463, Fax: 07071/206-499
>> >> >> eMail: mueller at tropenklinik.de
>> >> >> Internet: www.tropenklinik.de
>> >> >> -----------------------------------------------
>> >> >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> >> >> Von: samba-bounces at lists.samba.org 
>> >> >[mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] Im
>> >> >> Auftrag von Doug Tucker
>> >> >> Gesendet: Montag, 9. Mai 2011 16:05
>> >> >> An: samba at lists.samba.org
>> >> >> Betreff: [Samba] Microsoft Outlook pst files unable to 
>> >open or create
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> All,
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> I sent a message for help a couple of weeks ago about a 
>> >> >samba migration
>> >> >> issue.  With further testing, we have isolated the issue 
>> >to Microsoft
>> >> >> Outlook (versions 2007 and 2010).  All other applications 
>> >> >have no issues
>> >> >> when they mount the new samba server reading, writing, 
>> >etc.  But, in
>> >> >> Outlook, when you try to open an archive (pst file) on 
>> >the new samba
>> >> >> server, it pops up an error "the file is already in use by 
>> >> >the maximum
>> >> >> number of applications.  Close some of these applications 
>> >> >and try again.
>> >> >> You may need to restart your computer."  Nothing esle has 
>> >> >the file open.
>> >> >> So to test, we tried to create a new archive file that does not
>> >> >> currently exist on the server, and it gives you the same 
>> >> >error and fails
>> >> >> to create the file.  If we unmount from the new samba server 
>> >> >to the old
>> >> >> one, it can create it just fine.  Please help anyone, I'm at 
>> >> >a complete
>> >> >> loss where to go from here!
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> Sincerely,
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> Doug Tucker
>> >> >> 
>> >> >
>> >> >
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>> >
>> >
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