[Samba] Powerpoint and modification time

[Markus Kummer]

Hi again,

the problem described below is a powerpoint 97 problem only.
after an upgrade to powerpoint 2000 everything works fine.
I know know that it is no samba problem but this won't help
much because a general upgrade of powerpoint is not possible. 
The thousands of windows pc's are administrated by another
company and they  don't care about our sambaserver for about
30 users.
So we have to use powerpoint 97.

If anybody knows how to solve the problem or where to find a 
document that I'm not aware about please let me know.

Any hint is welcome !!!

greetings

markus
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm new to the list, so please be patient with me.
> Samba 2.0.7 is running on a compaq alpha server es40 with
> tru64 4.D.
> 
> We got a problem with powerpoint files on a samba share. 
> As soon as I open a powerpoint file on a samba share the
> modification time of the file changes, even if I'm not
> changing anything whithin the file. This only happens if
> I open *.ppt files which where created by others.
> We got the same problem with excel files, but this stopped
> after setting the option
> dos filetimes = yes
> in the smb.conf.
> The modification time still changes with opening an excel file
> but as soon as I'm not changing anything the modification time
> is set back after closing the file. (normal procedure,I suppose !?)
> 
> An upgrade to version 2.2.3a did not help either.
> Here is our smb.conf:
> [global]
> server string = Fileserver
> workgroup = WORK
> interfaces = 192.168.100.1/255.255.192.0
> netbios name = SAMBSERVER
> encrypt passwords = yes
> character set = ISO8859-1
> username map = /appl/local/samba/samba-2.0.7/lib/users.map
> logfile = /var/log/samba-log.%m
> log level = 10
> debug level = 2
> max log size = 50
> passwd program = /bin/passwd %u
> passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n *
> announce as = NT Workstation
> name resolve order = host bcast
> lm announce = False
> local master = No
> browse list = No
> printing=bsd
> printcap = /etc/printcap
> dos filetimes = yes
> dos filetimeresolution = yes
> [homes]
>         comment = Users
>         path = /user/%S
>         valid users = horst,dirk,markus
>         guest ok = no
>         read only = no
>         writable = yes
>         browsable = no
>         create mask = 0700
>         force create mode = 0700
>         security mask = 0700
>         force security mode = 00
>         directory mask = 0700
>         force directory mode = 0700
>         directory security mask = 0700
>         force directory security mode = 00
> 
> ...
> ...
> ...
> If I forgot giving you any other important information please
> let me know.
> 
> Thanks for your help in advance.
> 
> Markus Kummer
> 
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