[Samba] File locking with different (client) platforms

[richard]

sorry Andreas I don't know enough about oplocks to comment.
maybe one of the developers? Andrew?

On Sun, 2003-03-16 at 20:56, Andreas Albrecht wrote:
> I' have tried release 2.2.8.
> The problem is the same (like version 2.2.3a)
> Another idea?
> Andreas
> 
> 
> richard schrieb:
> 
> >samba 2.2.8 has just been released. might be worth a try?
> >R Coates.
> >
> >On Sat, 2003-03-15 at 20:03, Andreas Albrecht wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>I have a problem with file locking on different platforms.
> >>System environment:
> >>Samba Server 2.2.3.a on Red Hat 7.3
> >>Some Windows 2000 Clients with MS-Office 2000 and OpenOffice 1.0.1
> >>Some Red Hat 8.0 Clients with Open Office 1.0.1
> >>
> >>The Linux Clients mounts the Samba Shares with smbmount:
> >>smbmount //<Server/shares> $HOME/path -o 
> >>credentials=<file>,ip=<ip>,debug=0,workgroup=<name>,port=139,iocharset=8859-15
> >>
> >>Working only with Windows clients is ok. If they open a document, the 
> >>file is locked for other users in network.
> >>On Samba Server Status (Swat) open files are visible:
> >>Sharing-DenyNone, Read/Write, No Oplock (Winword), Excl.+Batch Oplock 
> >>(OOWriter)
> >>
> >>Working with OOWriter on Linux Workstation shows the following:
> >>Sharing-DenyNone, Read/Write, No Oplock (OOWriter)
> >>
> >>In practice file locking by opening the same document (on Samba-Server) 
> >>between Winword and OpenOffice is working good.
> >>Working with OO on both sides (Linux and Windows) is also ok.
> >>
> >>But there is no file locking if someone opens a document with Word on 
> >>Windows and then with OO on Linux or the other way round!
> >>
> >>/proc/locks on SERVER shows the following by opening a document:
> >>Winword (Windows Client):
> >>POSIX ADVISORY WRITE 12115 08:02:162885 ...
> >>POSIX ADVISORY WRITE 12115 08:02:162885 ...
> >>POSIX ADVISORY WRITE 12115 08:02:162885 ...
> >>OOwriter (Windows Client):
> >>LEASE MANDATORY WRITE 12115 08:02:162885 ...
> >>FLOCK MSNFS READ 12115 08:02:162885 ...
> >>OOWriter (Linux Client): No entry !!!!!
> >>
> >>Here I found an entry in the local /proc/locks on the Linux CLIENT (!):
> >>OOWriter (Linux Client):
> >>POSIX ADVISORY WRITE 2251 00:0e:19 ...
> >>
> >>
> >>Is this a (logical) bug? Opening an with smbmount mounted file on a 
> >>samba share, locks only in local filesystem, but not files on server?
> >>
> >>Is there another way to work with inhomogenous environments?
> >>
> >>Thank you
> >>Andreas
> >>
> >>
> >>Appendix: An extract from my smb.conf.
> >>
> >>  [global]
> >>	workgroup = XY
> >>	netbios name = BS01
> >>	server string = XY
> >>	encrypt passwords = Yes
> >>	passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
> >>	passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n 
> >>*passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
> >>	log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
> >>	max log size = 100
> >>	deadtime = 60
> >>	socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
> >>	show add printer wizard = No
> >>	character set = ISO8859-15
> >>	logon path =
> >>	logon home =
> >>	domain logons = Yes
> >>	os level = 65
> >>	preferred master = True
> >>	domain master = True
> >>	dns proxy = No
> >>	wins proxy = Yes
> >>	wins support = Yes
> >>	valid chars = ä:Ä ü:Ü ö:Ö ß '
> >>	hosts allow = 192.168.0. 127.
> >>	strict locking = Yes
> >>
> >>[XY]
> >>	path = /xy
> >>	valid users = …
> >>	read only = No
> >>	create mask = 0777
> >>	directory mask = 0777
> >>	browseable = No
> >>
> >>[Public]
> >>	path = /xy/public
> >>	valid users = @…
> >>	read only = No
> >>	create mask = 0777
> >>	directory mask = 0777
> >>
> >>
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