[Samba] Problems related to error status_file_locking_conflict

[Volker Lendecke]

On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 11:34:21PM -0400, Robert W. Smith wrote:
> OK, so far I now understand that this is _NOT_ a general login issue
> _NOR_ is it a MS credentials file issue either. This appears to be a
> general locking issue in Samba and Linux. Here is a snippet of my
> workstation log with another application that now no longer runs. The
> SMB network transactions are the same as are the results for the user
> (me, Quicken will no longer start and I am about to be hit with a late
> charge $(
> 
> Note the delay between the linux_set_kernel_oplock failure and the
> reporting of the SMB error NT_STATUS_FILE_LOCK_CONFLICT.

To avoid the issue, try "kernel oplocks = no". This does not
really solve the issue, but might help you over the current
problems.

Volker