[Samba] SMB share and .mdb files?

Jeremy Allison jra at samba.org
Fri Aug 1 17:50:24 GMT 2008


On Fri, Aug 01, 2008 at 10:21:54AM +0200, Hannes Gnad wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> With samba 3.0.25b as part of Mac OS X 10.5.4 Server, I'm encountering
> issues with .mdb files: Some Windows apps use client software on local
> machines and one Microsoft Access database on the SMB share. Everything
> works fine, as long as there's only one client using the .mdb file. As
> soon as a second client tries to access (and write!) to the .mdb file,
> the clients on the Windows machines report broken network connections
> and crash.
> 
> In Server-Admin/File-Sharing, the shares are open for SMB only, oplock
> and strict locking both off. No ACL, Posix permission admin r/w, group
> r/w, other r.

Turn strict locking back on, or at least to Auto.

Jeremy.


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