[Samba] File Lock Issue

[Charlie]

Check out the "deadtime" and "keepalive" parameters, they might help.

--Charlie

On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 8:49 AM, Matt Ingram <mingram at cbnco.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>  I've seen a few messages similar to my problem, looking back through the
> mailing list but the issue I'm having is a little more unique.
>
>  We have a user, who uses both wireless and wired connection.  He uses
> truecrypt, that has the encrypted file sitting on a samba share.  What I
> think is happening is he will unplugged his wired connection and move to a
> meeting room and connect through the wireless (might be worth noting - our
> wireless sits in our DMZ and users have to VPN into the inside of our
> network).  When he connects to the wireless and tries to access his
> truecrypt drive, if complains that the file is already in use - and upon
> checking smbstatus -L the file is indeed locked.
>
>  I was looking at the //|reset on zero vc|/ = |no |/option, but that seem to
> be for a connection of the same IP Address.  Once he switches to wireless,
> he will have a different IP Address, so I don't think this option will help
> him.
>
>  This server is running Samba Version 3.0.24-2.23-1296-SUSE-CODE10 on SUSE
> SLES 10 and the client is using Windows XP.
>
>  I've seen many people asking this... what is the default time for a file to
> be locked if the connection is dropped?  Also, is there a configurable
> option to change that time?
>
>  If anyone has any idea for this issue, I'd be grateful to hear them!
>
>  Thanks,
>  Matt.
>
>  --
>  Matt Ingram
>  Intermediate Unix Administrator, IS
>  Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited
>  \m/
>
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