[Samba] Cannot rename problem solved

Jeremy Allison jra at samba.org
Thu Mar 21 09:48:02 GMT 2002


On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 07:46:03AM +0100, Davide Parise wrote:
> Few weeks ago me and another person sent some mails about the impossibility
> to rename multimedia files in samba shares.
> 
> I told that was not a problem of samba as windows locked the files for the
> preview. Jeremt did not manage to reproduce this effect.
> 
> Now I found how come over this problem (and also how to produce it :-) ): In
> the Win 2000, I did not any test for XP, folder option-->General, there are
> some options. If You flag "Enable Web content in Folders" You will se the
> preview of multimedia files on the left of your windows, and you will not be
> albe any more to rename or delete these types of files.
> 
> I personally think that the behaviour of samba It is correct, and I am
> thinking that windows do not lock any file when he open it.
> 
> It may seem theorical...

No it's not and I think I've finally fixed it correctly
in the latest SAMBA_2_2 CVS and HEAD. If people would like
to check out either branch and test it I'd appreciate it.

Thanks,

	Jeremy.




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