Weirdness: MS Access Files on Samba NT Dom

Todd Stiers tas at microdisplay.com
Thu Mar 18 18:22:09 GMT 1999


Thanks for the reply,

All the permissions were set appropriately (it has worked pre 2.0)
and I even opened them further:


[dbdie]
   comment = MDC DIE Tracking Database
   path = /testing1/dbdie
   public = yes
   writable = yes
   create mask = 0775
   valid users = @users
   write list = @users
   force group = users



The directory permissions:

drwxrwxr-x   2 cmullin  users        1024 Mar 18 10:20 dbdie


The file permissions:
-rw-rw-r--   1 tas      users     2484224 Mar 17 17:17 testit.mdb



I then downloaded and compiled the latest CVS (19990318)
(Version 2.1.0-prealpha) of the NT DOM and I still get the same result -
MS Access is not putting down the lock file.

-Todd




Aaron Knauf wrote:

> Works for me (standard Samba 2.0.3, configured as PDC, also worked on
> 2.0.2).  Access creates its .ldb file quite happily.  I hate to point out
> the obvious, but do your users have write access to the directory
> containing the database file?  Is the share read-only? Of course, the
> DIRECTORY must have the w permission set for the appropriate user/group to
> enable them to create the lock file.
>
> If the database need not be written to, you could also try making it
> read-only (this allows multi-user access without designing the DB to cope
> with that).
>
> Aaron Knauf
> Technical Consultant
> Computing Edge Limited
> Auckland
> New Zealand
>
> Todd Stiers <tas at microdisplay.com> on 18/03/99 13:52:54
>
> Please respond to tas at microdisplay.com
>
> To:   Multiple recipients of list <samba-ntdom at samba.org>
> cc:    (bcc: Aaron Knauf/AKL/CEL/compedge)
> Subject:  Weirdness: MS Access Files on Samba NT Dom
>
> Hi,
>
> I have come across a very strange error since upgrading my servers
> to Samba NT Dom 2.0 (late January).
>
> Apparently, MS Access 97 files can no longer be opened and run
> from the Samba fileservers. I can copy the files to NT local machines,
> they work, I can put them on NT shares, MS Access works, and I
> can put them on samba 1.9x versions and it works.
>
> Whats changed? Was it/is it intentional?
>
> Currently, only windows 95/98 machines seem to be able to open
> the MS Access docs stored on Samba NT Dom servers.
>
> Access seems to create a locking file on real NT and real NT shares,
> but on neither of the Samba (NT Dom and regular).
>
> HELP!
>
> Thanks
> -Todd
>
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