[Samba] How do I lock a shared file?

[Volker Lendecke]

On Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 10:30:56AM +0200, steve wrote:
> 4.0.9 as a file server
> Hi
> We have a rw folder where we can share files. If a user opens a file, I
> would like it to be locked so the other users can't open and edit it at
> the same time.
> 
> Is this possible?

Open the file with a smb client with value 0 for the
sharing argument. This will block access for other SMB
clients.

Volker

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