[Samba] File locks?

Jim Young jyoung at cpsc.ucalgary.ca
Thu Apr 10 16:12:54 GMT 2008


Hello,

  Recently, the following problem started happening with a particular samba
server:
If i have a file open for reading (say, a pdf in xpdf) and then try to write
to it (say, through recompiling a latex document) it complains that it
cannot open the file for writing.

this seems like a file lock issue but I am unsure where it is happening. My
previous usage should be perfectly safe since xpdf should only open for
reading.

This problem does not happen locally or when I connect to a different samba
server (a windows machine). I can also ssh into the remote server, port xpdf
, and my local process can write to the file. It is the samba connection
that is making the lock.

  I am running Debian Unstable, using smbclient/smbfs 3.0.28a-1 to connect
to a samba server (unix backend) on my university network. Server:
Samba3.0.10-1.4E

I mount the smb share in my fstab as follows:

//myserver/jyoung    /mnt/uni        smbfs
credentials=credsfile,gid=jyoung,uid=jyoung,auto,rw


I spoke with my system administrator and he said it may also be possible to
get the server settings changed depending on what is required (and the
implications).

Thanks

Jim


-- 
James Young, B.Sc.
Ph.D. Student
Interactions laboratory, Department of Computer Science, University of
Calgary
2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4
Phone: +1.403.210.9502
E-mail: jim.young at ucalgary.ca
URL: http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~jyoung/<http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/%7Ejyoung/>


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