[Samba] apache logs -> samba -> windows file locking question

[___cliff rayman___]

i don't think oplocks is going to work with apache.
the log file is not locked at all by apache or linux. it
is simply an open file that is being written to.  what
makes you think you are running into locking issues?

i assume that when a new log is generated, the old one
is getting renamed to access_log.1 or something similar.
you can access this log without worrying about many
racing conditions, since nothing will write to this file,
except that it will be incremented to the next higher
number once per day.  to understand the details
of this process and modify its behavior:
man logrotate
less /etc/logrotate.d/apache

hth,

cliff

"Matthew J. Salerno" wrote:

> Samba version 2.2.3aRedhat Linux 7.2 I have a windows server that connects to my linux web server
> and copies the logs locally (to the windows server) to process.   The windows machine connects to
> the samba share every 30 minutes to copy the log again.  Almost everything works fine.  Since
> apache keeps the access_log open at all times I am pretty sure that I am going to run into some
> locking problems.  Actually, I believe that I am having locking issues.  Every night at 12 a new
> log is generated.  What would be the best way to handle this ? The samba share is mounted as
> Read-Only I have been trying: veto oplock files = ex*.logand/orfake oplocks = Yes Is there
> anything else I can do ?  Please let me know. Thanks, Matt

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