[Samba] Samba & Sage Line 50 Accounting

Jay Fenlason fenlason at redhat.com
Thu Jun 5 16:13:34 GMT 2003


On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 03:33:01PM +0000, jra at dp.samba.org wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 11:35:20AM +0100, Louis Sabet wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Having a very specific problem here:
> > 
> > I have a working RedHat9 server running Samba 2.2.7 (the release that comes 
> > with RH9), acting as a PDC/File Server to around 15 WinXP Pro client 
> > workstations.
> > 
> > This all works nicely, apart from our accounting package, Sage Line 50, 
> > which depends on its data being stored on a network share.
> > 
> > Previously, when the data was stored on a WinNT4 share, there was no 
> > problem, several users could concurrently connect into the database and 
> > work simultaneously.
> > 
> > Now, using samba, this isn't possible. Sage will only allow one user to log 
> > in and access the DB at any one time. As soon as that user logs out, the 
> > next user can log in. This isn't normal Sage behaviour.
> 
> Can you give the exact error message please. Also please upgrade to
> Samba 2.2.8a for security reasons.

Or at least the samba-2.2.7a-security-rollup-fix which is conveniently
avaliable from updates.redhat.com or via Red Hat Network.

			-- JF



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