Quark 4.0 and Samba 1.9.18p2 saving problem...

[Whiffen, Richard (Exchange)]

Hello all,

     Sorry this is such a long message but, we're having an odd 
problem with our samba servers.  The samba server version doesn't 
appear to matter too much, the problem happens on a 1.9.18p2 and a 
1.9.17p4 machine.  I tried searching the digests, but didn't see 
anything that fit.  A PC running NT 4.0 SP#3 and Quark 4.0 has this 
problem:

If they open a Quark V3.3 file and try to save it as a 4.0 file they 
get an Error -54 (File Locked).  They cannot save the file under the 
same name as the original v3.3 file.  If you create a 4.0 file and 
save the 4.0 file, it works fine.  If you create a 4.0 file and save 
it, then try to change it to a v3.3 file with the same name, you get 
the same error.  I think when it tries to replace the existing file 
with a file of a different version, it gives the error.  Here's a 
snippet from the log file where I try to open a Quark V3.3 file in 
Quark v4.0:

*BEGIN INCLUDED LOG SNIPPET*

02/17/1998 13:10:49 nt6 (172.16.5.25) connect to service whiffen as 
user whiffen (uid=521,gid=100) (pid 3113)
02/17/1998 13:29:11 nt6 (172.16.5.25) closed connection to service 
whiffen
02/17/1998 14:07:01 nt6 (172.16.5.25) connect to service whiffen as 
user whiffen (uid=521,gid=100) (pid 3113)
02/17/1998 14:07:14 whiffen opened file janetz/design approval.qxd 
read=Yes write=No (numopen=1 fnum=94)
del_share_modes Deleting share mode entry dev=771 ino=71682
del_share_modes num entries = 0, deleting share_mode dev=771 
ino=71682
02/17/1998 14:07:14 whiffen closed file janetz/design approval.qxd 
(numopen=0)
02/17/1998 14:07:14 whiffen opened file janetz/design approval.qxd 
read=Yes write=No (numopen=1 fnum=95)

*END INCLUDED LOG SNIPPET*

These same lines repeat with a different fnum= value on the last line 
 Usually there's 25 or
so of them:
del_share_modes Deleting share mode entry dev=771 ino=71682
del_share_modes num entries = 0, deleting share_mode dev=771 
ino=71682
02/17/1998 14:07:14 whiffen closed file janetz/design approval.qxd 
(numopen=0)
02/17/1998 14:07:14 whiffen opened file janetz/design approval.qxd 
read=Yes write=No (numopen=1 fnum=96)


I can work with the file, I just can't save it under the same name.  I 
tried a lot of file locking settings and tried the oplock setting in 
1.9.18p2 but they all yielded the same results.  I also have a call 
into Quark about this, but they're tech support currently has no 
ideas.  They wanted to blame it on NetBeui but we're not running 
Netbeui, so I'm at a loss.  I'm also including 2 smb.conf files. 
 Neither works.  The first has been played with a lot so the settings 
may not make sense, since I was grasping at straws.  The second is our 
primary file server our users use.  Is there a server setting I can 
change to help this problem?   Any setting suggestions would be 
greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your time,

Rich Whiffen


my current SMB.conf 1.9.18p2:

; The global setting for a RedHat default install
; smbd re-reads this file regularly, but if in doubt stop and restart 
it:
; /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb stop
; /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb start
;======================= Global Settings 
=====================================
[global]
        workgroup = WORKGROUP
        guest ok = no
        password server = ICI3 ICI11
        wins server = ici11
        security = server
        local master = no
        remote announce = 172.16.255.255/WORKGROUP 
172.16.1.3/WORKGROUP
        comment = RedHat Samba Server
        log file = /var/log/samba-log.%m
        max log size = 50
        lock directory = /var/lock/samba
        locking = no
        strict locking = no

[homes]
        locking = no
        oplocks = False
        read only = no
        path = /home
        create mask = 0775
        comment = Rich Share

The SMB.conf file of another server 1.9.17p4 SunOS 4.1.4 that has the 
same
problem:


[global]
	workgroup = WORKGROUP
	server string = Applications and Home Directory Server
	guest ok = no
	password server = ICI3 ICI11
	security = server
	local master = no
	lock directory = /var/tmp
	remote announce = 172.16.255.255/WORKGROUP 172.16.1.3/WORKGROUP

[home6]
	read only = no
	path = /home6
	create mask = 0775
	admin users = lafko
	comment = User Home Directories for SunOS

[home6b]
	read only = no
	path = /home6b
	create mask = 0775
	admin users = lafko
	comment = Pubs User Home Directories for SunOS




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Richard C Whiffen
Investment Company Institute
1401 H Street NW
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 326 5992
whiffen at ici.org
http://www.ici.org