[Samba] Problem with 'homes' share

[Michael Glenney]

I am using samba3 on centos5 and have a problem with the 'homes' share.  I
have existing Linux home directories.  When I access the samba server from
the windows terminal server (via \\servername) I see 2 shares, backup and
mikeg (my username).  The mikeg share takes me to my Linux home directory so
all seems well.  The problem I have is that any file I try to open opens
read only.  I did a test with testdoc.doc which, after some delay, opens in
Word as read-only.  Files saved and then opened from the 'backup' share work
fine.  When I try to open an excel file, I get a message tha the file is
locked for editing by 'Microsoft Corporation' and I can open read-only,
notify or cancel.

Here is my conf file, the log entries from trying to open testdoc.doc and
the file permissions for my home directory and the testdoc.doc file:

[global]
   workgroup = XDSINC
   server string = xdsnas02
   security = ads
;   hosts allow = 192.168.1. 192.168.2. 127.
   load printers = yes
;   printcap name = /etc/printcap
;   printcap name = lpstat
;   printing = cups
   cups options = raw
;  guest account = pcguest
   log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
   log level = 2
   max log size = 50
   password server = xdsdc02 xdsdc01
   realm = XDSINC.CORP
;   passdb backend = tdbsam
;   include = /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf.%m
;   interfaces = 192.168.12.2/24 192.168.13.2/24
;   local master = no
;   os level = 33
   dns proxy = no

[homes]
   comment = Home Directories
   browseable = no
   read only = no
   writable = yes
   create mask = 0600
   director mask = 0700

[backup]
   comment = Backup directory
   path = /export/backup
   valid users = mikeg
   writeable = yes

[printers]
   comment = All Printers
   path = /usr/spool/samba
   browseable = no
   guest ok = no
   writable = no
   printable = yes


The results of trying to open testdoc.doc from within Windows

[2008/03/05 13:00:47, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(352)
  mikeg opened file testdoc.doc read=No write=No (numopen=2)
[2008/03/05 13:00:47, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(344)
  mikeg closed file testdoc.doc (numopen=1)
[2008/03/05 13:00:48, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(352)
  mikeg opened file testdoc.doc read=No write=No (numopen=2)
[2008/03/05 13:00:48, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(344)
  mikeg closed file testdoc.doc (numopen=1)
[2008/03/05 13:00:49, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(352)
  mikeg opened file testdoc.doc read=Yes write=Yes (numopen=2)
[2008/03/05 13:01:21, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(344)
  mikeg closed file testdoc.doc (numopen=1)
[2008/03/05 13:01:21, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(352)
  mikeg opened file testdoc.doc read=Yes write=No (numopen=2)
[2008/03/05 13:01:22, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(352)
  mikeg opened file testdoc.doc read=No write=No (numopen=3)
[2008/03/05 13:01:23, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(344)
  mikeg closed file testdoc.doc (numopen=2)
[2008/03/05 13:01:29, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(344)
  mikeg closed file testdoc.doc (numopen=1)
[2008/03/05 13:01:29, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(352)
  mikeg opened file testdoc.doc read=No write=No (numopen=2)
[2008/03/05 13:01:29, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(344)
  mikeg closed file testdoc.doc (numopen=1)


The permissions on file and directory

[root at xdsnas02 mikeg]# ls -la
total 166364
drwxr-xr-x 15 mikeg users      4096 Mar  5 13:00 .
drwxr-xr-x 62 root  root       4096 Jan 10 08:49 ..
drwxr-xr-x  2 mikeg users      4096 Mar  3 10:23 asdf
-rw-------  1 mikeg users      3802 Feb 27 11:06 .bash_history
-rwxr-xr-x  1 mikeg users        24 Jun  6  2006 .bash_logout
-rwxr-xr-x  1 mikeg users       191 Jun  6  2006 .bash_profile
-rwxr-xr-x  1 mikeg users       124 Jun  6  2006 .bashrc
drwx------  2 mikeg users      4096 Jan 22  2007 Desktop
-rw-------  1 mikeg users         0 Jan 22  2007 .ICEauthority
drwxr-xr-x  4 mikeg users      4096 Jan 22  2007 .kde
drwx------  3 mikeg users      4096 Jan 22  2007 .local
drwxr-xr-x  3 mikeg users      4096 Jan 22  2007 .mcop
-rw-------  1 mikeg users        31 Jan 22  2007 .mcoprc
drwx------  2 mikeg users      4096 Mar 29  2007 .ncftp
drwxr-xr-x  2 mikeg users      4096 Jan 22  2007 .qt
drwxr-xr-x  2 mikeg users      4096 May 18  2007 .ssh
drwxr-xr-x  3 mikeg users      4096 May 18  2007 .subversion
-rwxrwxr--  1 mikeg users         5 Mar  5 10:05 test
-rw-r--r--  1 mikeg users     10752 Feb 26 15:48 testdoc.doc
drwxr-xr-x  2 mikeg users      4096 Mar  5 12:43 testfolder
-rw-------  1 mikeg users         0 Mar  5 12:47 test.txt
-rw-------  1 mikeg users     11776 Mar  5 12:43 test.xls
drwxr-xr-x  8 mikeg users      4096 May 18  2007 tools
-rw-------  1 mikeg users      2343 Mar  5 10:07 .viminfo
drwxr-xr-x  2 mikeg users      4096 Jan 22  2007 .vnc
-rw-------  1 mikeg users        70 Jan 22  2007 .Xauthority
-rwxr-xr-x  1 mikeg users       658 Jun  6  2006 .zshrc


Thanks,

MG