[Samba] File Locking

rruegner robowarp at gmx.de
Sat Nov 8 11:15:09 GMT 2003


scully the truth is out there lol
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John H Terpstra" <jht at samba.org>
To: "Robert McIntosh" <mcintoshrt at comcast.net>
Cc: <samba at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 8:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Samba] File Locking


> On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, Robert McIntosh wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm running smbd 2.2.8.  I'm a little green when it comes to file
locking
> > with samba.
>
> Are you from Mars by any chance? Isn't that where green people come from?
> Oh, I forgot, you could be Irish also.
>
> > I have two users that access a single data file on a FreeBSD box.  It's
a
> > moneydance data file and obviously it gets messed-up if two users are
> > writing to it at the same time.  Is there a way with samba to stop a
second
> > instance of the file from being opened, something like a "File In Use"
> > message for a user if the file is already in use?
>
> Suggest you read the HOWTO. It has a chapter on file and record locking.
> You never know, it might help to educate little green people.
>
> http://us3.samba.org/samba/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.pdf
>
> - John T.
> -- 
> John H Terpstra
> Email: jht at samba.org
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