[Samba] [Repost] Offline Files No Go

[Robert Schetterer]

Hi,
yo can do disabling offline features via NTconfig.pol
for users and/or machines and different folders
study google and smb faqs how to use this
Regards

pfb4212 at rit.edu schrieb:
> Dear All,
>    I want to enable Offline Files support on several Win2K SP4 laptops.  We
> have a samba file server.  I have researched as much as I could to get
> answers and here is what I have.  I am unfortunately unable to get this
> working properly.  If anyone can answer or point me in to a good resource,
> I would greatly appreciate that. I am attempting to offline profile
> directories mapped to network drive letter X:.  Here is my config for the
> profiles share:
> -----------------
> [Profiles]
>      comment = Shared User Profiles
>      path = /home
>      invalid users = nobody, guest
>      create mask = 0600
>      directory mask = 0700
>      map acl inherit = Yes
>      case sensitive = Yes
>      hide special files = Yes
>      store dos attributes = Yes
>      csc policy = documents
>      dos filemode = Yes
>      dos filetime resolution = Yes
> -----------------
> 
> I get an error similar to the following for every file that I try to make
> available offline:
>  Could not make 'somthing.doc' available offline. The specified file can
> not be found.
> 
> If I create a new file, it appears as available offine, but I can neither
> delete nor rename it.
> At that point I usually start to get an Access Denied error on the entire
> shared drive and am forced to restart.
> 
> The share is stored on a RHEL 3 server running Samba 3.0.9-1.3E.5 with an
> EXT3 file system with ACL support enabled.
> I have also included my global configuration at the bottom of this email.
> 
> Here is my test procedure.
>   -I make a share available offline.
>   -It synchronizes showing all current files as "Unable to make 'file.txt'
> available offine on '\\server_b\profiles\testuser\My Documents'. The system
> cannot find the file specified."
>   -I create new files in the folder while online.  They appear oplocked in
> samba status:
>       DENY_NONE RDWR  EXCLUSIVE+BATCH  /home/testuser/My Documents/New Text
> Document.txt
>   -I attempt to give the file a name. This results in "X:\My Documents
> folder does not exist.  Do you want to create it?"
>   -The oplock is removed.
>   -If I edit the file and attempt to save changes, I get "This file exists
> with Read Only attributes. Please use a different name."
>   -If I then name the file something else, the file is created on the
> windows side and appears offline available. The file appears on the samba
> server also.
>   -If I try to save this file again, I repeat the "This file exists with
> Read Only attributes..." situation from above.
>   -Now, if I take the computer "offline" by disconnecting the NIC... all
> files behave normally.
>   -After reconnecting, all files that were changed on windows while offline
> are synced to the samba server.
> 
> Could this have something to do with case sensitivity or such?
> 
> ANY help is greatly appreciated.
> Thanks!  -Cheers, Peter.
> 
> ====================
> [global]
>       workgroup = EXAMPLE
>       realm = EXAMPLE.COM
>       server string = File Server [ServerB] (Samba %v)
>       security = ADS
>       password server = SERVERA
>       username level = 5
>       log level = 1
>       log file = /var/log/samba/%m
>       max xmit = 65535
>       name resolve order = host wins bcast
>       socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_SNDBUF=65536 SO_RCVBUF=65536
> IPTOS_LOWDELAY
>       load printers = No
>       logon script = \\servera\netlogon\logon.bat
>       logon drive = X:
>       logon home = \\SERVERB\Profiles\%U
>       lm announce = No
>       preferred master = No
>       local master = No
>       domain master = No
>       wins server = 10.0.2.1
>       lock spin count = 30
>       lock spin time = 15
>       ldap ssl = no
>       idmap uid = 1000-2000
>       idmap gid = 1000-2000
>       template primary group = @
>       template homedir = /home/%U
>       template shell = /bin/bash
>       winbind separator = +
>       winbind cache time = 10
>       winbind use default domain = Yes
>       winbind nested groups = Yes
>       printer admin = jdoe
>       read only = No
>       create mask = 0660
>       directory mask = 0770
>       inherit permissions = Yes
>       inherit acls = Yes
>       delete veto files = Yes
>       veto files = /.AppleDouble/.AppleDesktop/Network Trash Folder/
>       veto oplock files = /*.sem/*.qbw/*.mdb/*.nsf/*.log/*.id/*.ini/
>       csc policy = disable
>       strict locking = No
>