Mounting samba 2.2.7a from Linux read-write hazardous

[Ben Armstrong]

On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 14:01, COLLOT Jean-Yves wrote:
> The problem is that sometimes some other utility opens the file in write
> mode but never writes anything in the file. It seems that the Linux smbfs
> stuff does that a lot. However, you can reproduce the same problem with a
> Windows XP PC by right-clicking "Properties" on a file on a read/write
> share. For some unknown reason, this action opens the file in write mode, so
> changes the "variable" to "stream", but does not write anything in the file
> itself. Such unexpected behaviour may happen with other kind of PC clients.

I see.  Yes, I have just reproduced the bug with Properties on Win XP. 
Evil.

Since I'm unsure of which other PC apps we may have in use which depend
on being able to open files on the VMS shares in write mode, we'll be
reverting to Pathworks 5 until you have a proper fix rather than
applying your patch.  It seems the safest alternative and the one with
the least impact on our users for now.

Looking forward to the complete fix.  Thanks for your quick response on
this problem.

Ben
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