[Samba] Access2k Sharing Problem

[Peter Huetmannsberger]

I meant Access2000 of course, and the samba versions I tried were 
samba-3.0.7 3.0.10 and the prerelease 3.0.11rc1.

Any help would be appreciated, 

Peter Huetmannsberger, RHCE


On Tue, 18 Jan 2005, Peter Huetmannsberger wrote:

> 
> Hi!
> 
> Using samba-3.0.11 or 3.0.11rc1 on RH9
> Win Clients are XP SP2
> 
> 
> I have a problem with sharing an ACCESS2000 mdb file on a samba share. The 
> first user can open the file without any trouble. The next user (or the 
> same user again) has to wait a timed 4 minutes before the database opens 
> for him. 
> 
> I have tried a number of various locking options (oplocks = no, veto 
> oplocks file = *\.mdb, even fake oplocks = yes) in order to improve the 
> situation, but to no avail. 
> 
> One of the debugging messages I got was NT_STATUS_LOCK_NOT_GRANTED amongst 
> a number of things I did not understand. 
> 
> A downgrade to 2.2.12 improved the situation immediately, the second user 
> has no trouble opening the file, and working with it. 
> 
> I would like to use the features of samba-3.0.10 for a samba PDC which is 
> why I am not happy about downgrading. But the database is the main tool 
> for the film festival I work for, so it must work. 
> 
> HAs anyone else found a solution to ACCESS2000 sharing problems. 
> 
> Any help would be appreciated. 
> 
> Many thanks, 
> 
> Peter Huetmannsberger, RHCE
> 
>