Read-only file access

[Michael B Allen]

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:21:51 +0530
Madhusudan R <madhurjf at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Could anyone please let me know how a client that tries to open a file
> (MS office files) that's already opened by another client, is notified
> that the file can be opened for reading only, which ultimately results
> in the read-only box popping up on the client side? I would be
> interested in knowing:
> 
> 1. What smb packets do I have to look closely at to spot this message
> sent by the samba server to the client?
> 2. Details of the proceedings on the samba server which ultimately
> results in the message being sent out on the network.

I think that's a feature of office and has nothing to do with SMB
communication.

Mike