SAMBA & ISAM Databases

[Christopher R. Hertel]

Okay, so...

Based on the info Andrew provided and some of the other comments in this 
thread, it seems that the problem is:

- Linux/Posix supports locking semantics that are different from those 
  used by Windows.

  I knew, generally, this was a problem but I wasn't quite sure how much 
  of a problem it was.  Seems to be bigger than I thought.  The issue here 
  is two-fold.  First, the Linux client needs to translate locking 
  semantics to match the needs of CIFS.  Next, the Samba server needs to 
  translate to Posix semantics for all clients.  Ouch.

- The core of the problem is that the database is being accessed as a 
  shared file, so each client must be able to read and write it 
  simultaneously--thus the importance of locking.

Sounds as though a client/server database would be a better bet.

Chris -)-----

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