[Samba] Oplocks

John H Terpstra jht at samba.org
Wed Jun 4 14:40:10 GMT 2003


On Wed, 4 Jun 2003, Brandon Lederer wrote:

> I have read that I need to turn oplocks off for QuickBooks.  I think I
> understand what Oplocks are.  I also believe I understand why I need to turn
> them off.  But in Windows, where is this option?  Are Oplocks always on in
> windows?  If this is the case, I reiterate why do I need to turn them off in
> Samba?

Suggest you read the chapter on locking in the following, it might help:

http://samba.org/~jht/NT4migration/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.pdf

- John T.
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John H Terpstra
Email: jht at samba.org



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