oplock errors/copying files between ntfs and samba shares

[John Reid]

Hi folks,

having a weird one.  files are being corrupted when copied from a ntfs
partition (either local or a network share).  files copied from a fat
partion or created on the samba share are working fine. (same files
copied to different locations then to samba)

specifically:
- arcview v3.1 (gis package from esri) can't see it's own files in a
file open
window even though they appear in windows nt explorer - don't know if
they are corrupted or not, however "cmp ntfsfile fatfile" reveals, from
what i understand how cmp works, a single byte diference in the files,
apparently randomly placed in file- don't quote me on that bit though!
there is a significant delay while arcview scans the directory, followed
by the error message below appearing in log.smb 
- dimple data files are null filled towards the end of the file for
larger files.  very small (~200kB) appear to copy ok

setup details are:
-Solaris 2.6 on pentium 166MMX, disk quotas enabled (but plenty of free
space)
-Samba 2.0.0 compiled with disk quota support (also tried compiling
without -see below)
-NTW and NTS v4.0sp3

my smb.conf:

#======================= Global Settings
=====================================
[global]
   debug level = 0

# ===server settings===
   workgroup = GEOSCIENCES
   server string = Geosciences Test Fileserver
   hosts allow = 130.130.120. 130.130.123. 127.

# ===user authentication settings===
  security = domain
  password server = GEOSERVER
  encrypt passwords = yes
  username map = /usr/local/samba/lib/user.map
  guest account = samba
  socket options = TCP_NODELAY

# Browser Control Options:
   wins server = 130.130.120.10
   name resolve order = wins lmhosts hosts bcast

# machine configuration files
   log file = /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m
   max log size = 50

   message command = sh -c 'xedit %s;rm %s' &

# ===User settings===
# file permissions for shares
	create mask = 600
	directory mask = 700

#============================ Share Definitions
==============================
[homes]
   comment = Home Directories
   browseable = no
   writable = yes
;   oplocks = False

smb.log (these error messages received with diskquota support enabled. 
when i recompiled without this support, no error messages are logged. 
however the behaviour is otherwise unchanged.  if i try running at a
higher debug level, the file copy breaks)

[1999/01/15 16:00:51, 1] smbd/server.c:main(614)
  smbd version 2.0.0 started.
  Copyright Andrew Tridgell 1992-1998
[1999/01/15 16:06:19, 0] smbd/oplock.c:oplock_break(742)
  oplock_break: receive_smb timed out after 30 seconds.
  oplock_break failed for file ntfsd/spotheights.shx (dev = 1980007,
inode = 02253).
[1999/01/15 16:06:19, 0] smbd/oplock.c:oplock_break(812)
  oplock_break: client failure in break - shutting down this smbd.
[1999/01/15 16:11:14, 0] smbd/oplock.c:oplock_break(768)
  oplock_break: no break received from client within 30 seconds.
  oplock_break failed for file ntfsd/cultural.dbf (dev = 1980007, inode
= 02246).
[1999/01/15 16:11:14, 0] smbd/oplock.c:oplock_break(812)
  oplock_break: client failure in break - shutting down this smbd.

anybody got any ideas?

cheers,
John
 
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