[Samba] Problem : when Word-2003 opens a *.DOC fileon a Samba share it gives only read-only access
Bernard Dautrevaux
bernard.dautrevaux at ac6.fr
Mon Feb 8 03:46:11 MST 2010
Hello all,
I apologize for posting again my problem, but I added some information on my
problem which is very annoying and already have me spend almost three days
without any success, trying all the possible changes I can imagine on my
setup.
Since I switched my old server to a new machine, upgrading the Samba server
from 3.0.1 to 3.4.5 (-55.fc12), I get a strange problem: When Word
(Office2003) tries to open a *.DOC file, it takes a very long time (more
than 10 seconds) then the file is opened Read-Only... If I try to open a
*.RTF file it opens very fast, and I can write it... If I try to open the
same *.DOC file under OpenOffice, it opens fast and I can write too.
I'm scratching my head for several days now and what I've discovered is
below:
Only *.doc files are concerned, when opened using Word2003
The problem seems to no more exist on Office-2007 (but of course its a
different PC, although a very similar one)
The permissions are correct on Linux to give r/w access to the file and
this is correctly understood by Samba
anyone in the correct group can overwrite it freely from windows
explorer (when permissions are set to -rw-rw----)
non-Office2003 tools (like OpenOffice) can freely work on the file
Office2003 Word wait 10 seconds then open DOC files Read-Only (even
when permissions are -rwxrwxrwx)
The exact same setup on Samba 3.0.1 works like a charm, problems occur
when switching to Samba-3.4.5
I really need to found a solution as I can't use a workaround (like copying
the files back and forth to edit them, or using OpenOffice): Word is in fact
launched from another program, using paths stored in a database...
Note that when starting Word through the other tool, I sometimes got a
warning saying the file is already in use; then Word allows to either open
it Read-Only or open a copy of the file... This used to work correctly on
Samba-3.0.1
I've looked in the archives but I only find one reference to a similar
problem, and I do not see any solution to it. I've inserted the globals and
one share definition at the end of the message, as well as a Linux "ls -l"
of a directory where the problem occurs (athough it happens on all
directories of all shares...).
The Test directory was created from a Windows workstation, as well as the
Test.c file (by New --> Microsoft Word Document); then when trying to open
this word document from the same workstation, using the same Samba
connection, I get Word to open the file in Read-Only mode... If I type
something in it and try to save it I can't even save it under another name
as (after about 10 seconds) I get an error message saying: Can't save;
memory or disk space overflowed (or something like that, the message is in
french and says: "Impossible d'enregistrer; mémoire ou espace disque
insuffisant" ). Of course I have plenty of free memory (both on the
workstation and the serveur) and plenty of available disk space...
Thanks in advance,
Bernard
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[global]
workgroup = ACSYS
server string = Serveur Acsys
obey pam restrictions = Yes
guest account = pcguest
enable privileges = No
pam password change = Yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
unix password sync = Yes
lanman auth = Yes
client lanman auth = Yes
client plaintext auth = Yes
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
debug hires timestamp = Yes
debug pid = Yes
debug uid = Yes
time server = Yes
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 hostname
lookups = Yes add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g
machines -s /bin/false -M %u logon script = logon.cmd logon path =
\\%L\profile\%U logon drive = H:
logon home = \\%L\%U
domain logons = Yes
os level = 40
lm announce = Yes
preferred master = Yes
domain master = Yes
wins support = Yes
ldap group suffix = (uid=%u)
ldap ssl = no
default service = Public
host msdfs = No
idmap uid = 10000-20000
idmap gid = 1000-2000
winbind enum users = Yes
winbind enum groups = Yes
winbind nested groups = No
create mask = 0740
directory mask = 0750
nt acl support = No
case sensitive = No
map readonly = permissions
blocking locks = No
dos filetimes = No
[Administration]
path = /home/administration
valid users = @admin
force user = kazuro
force group = admin
read only = No
create mask = 0760
directory mask = 0770
access based share enum = Yes
volume = Administration
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[root at rigel administration]# ll -a .
total 5636
drwxrwxr-x 18 administration admin 4096 févr. 5 14:38 .
drwxr-xr-x 52 root root 4096 févr. 1 13:32 ..
drwxrwx--- 2 kazuro admin 4096 mars 6 2008 CIEL
-rwxrw---- 1 kazuro admin 5680640 janv. 31 2008 Combined.xls
drwxrwx--- 6 kazuro admin 4096 mars 12 2007 Commercial
drwxrwx--- 2 kazuro admin 4096 déc. 29 2005 CONTACTS TIMESYS
drwxrwx--- 2 kazuro admin 4096 févr. 1 2007 ITTIA
drwxr-x--- 3 administration admin 4096 mai 12 2004 .kde
drwx------ 3 administration admin 4096 oct. 1 09:00 mail
drwxrwx--- 2 kazuro admin 4096 déc. 29 2005 MALZIEU
drwxrwx--- 2 kazuro admin 4096 déc. 29 2005 MALZIEU- Dell
drwxrwx--- 2 kazuro admin 4096 mars 31 2009
Présentations_partenaires
drwxrwx--- 2 kazuro admin 4096 oct. 2 2008
RTX-ARDENCE-INTERVALZERO
drwxrwx--- 2 kazuro admin 4096 mars 6 2008 Scanesoft
drwxrwx--- 2 kazuro admin 4096 avril 7 2008 SENSITIVE-OBJECT
drwxrwx--- 2 kazuro admin 4096 déc. 12 2007 ST2
drwxrwx--- 2 kazuro admin 4096 févr. 5 14:38 Test
drwxrwx--- 3 kazuro admin 4096 sept. 18 2006 TIMESys
drwxr-x--- 2 administration admin 4096 mai 12 2004 .xemacs
[root at rigel administration]# ll -a Test
total 20
drwxrwx--- 2 kazuro admin 4096 févr. 5 14:38 .
drwxrwxr-x 18 administration admin 4096 févr. 5 14:38 ..
-rwxrw---- 1 kazuro admin 10752 févr. 5 14:38 Test.doc
[root at rigel administration]# # Here from windows I try to edit Test.doc and
save it as Test2.doc
[root at rigel administration]# ll -a Test
total 20
drwxrwx--- 2 kazuro admin 4096 févr. 5 14:43 .
drwxrwxr-x 18 administration admin 4096 févr. 5 14:38 ..
-rwxrw---- 1 kazuro admin 0 févr. 5 14:42 Test2.doc
-rwxrw---- 1 kazuro admin 10752 févr. 5 14:38 Test.doc
[root at rigel administration]#
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