[Samba] Locking problems on a Windows server with samba OSX clients

[Martin Petersen]

Guillaume Laurès schrieb:
> Thanks for your input. Unfortunately it does not solve the problem, which really is that "._*" files get locked until client disconnects, without reason and blocking the other clients.
> 
> Still searching...
> 
> Guillaume 
> 
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Martin Petersen [mailto:martin.petersen at picturepuzzlemedien.de] 
> Envoyé : lundi 29 août 2005 13:52
> À : Guillaume Laurès
> Cc : samba at lists.samba.org
> Objet : Re: [Samba] Locking problems on a Windows server with samba OSX clients
> 
> Guillaume Laurès schrieb:
> 
>>Hello,
>>
>>I have a small amount of Mac OS X 10.3 workstations networked on a Windows 2000 server. The samba version on the Macs is 3.0.10.
>>
>>For each file stored on the Windows server, the Macs create a file beginning with "._" which contains some resources about the file. My problem is that, just by browsing onto directories, the Macs seem to be locking all those "._" files (and not the regular file unless we open them), and this prevents moving the regular files, as well as renaming, saving etc.
>>The only way to unlock the files is to get the Mac unmount the share.
>>
>>Mac OS X 10.2 workstations (samba 2.2) do create the same files, but do not lock them. I'm looking after 10.4 to see if there is a similar behaviour or not.
>>
>>My question: is there a locking option I can switch on the samba clients ?
>>
>>Thanks a lot for any help !
>>
>>
>>Guillaume
>>
> 
> 
> Hi Guillaume,
> 
> we're using Mac OS X 10.3 and 10.4 as SMB-Clients and we have been very 
> disappointed with this hidden files (e.g. .DS_Store). I have fount this 
> hint http://tinyurl.com/d6z9c at the site Mac OS X hints, which prevents 
> Mac OS X Clients from writing their special hidden files to network 
> shares. Maybe it is worth a look for You.
> 
> Ciao,
> 
> Martin Petersen

O.k., then I have another URL for You. Search on macwindows.com for a 
solution, they have a special Mac-Win2k section at 
http://macwindows.com/Win2000.html

good luck.

Martin