samba - Sep 1998 - Problems keeping file up to date !

Hello,

our environment:   Sun Sparc 10/20 with Samba 1.9.18p8
                   Configuration with no printer support
                   WINS/DNS resolution enabled
                   NIS home directorys
                   
Our Problem:  If a user modifies a existing file (created on his/her pc) on 
              his/her sun using standard UNIX text editors and accesses this 
              file afterwards on his/her pc with the connected Samba network 
              drive (especially with application "notepad"), he/she
sees only
              the "old contents" of the file (but with actual
modification
              date/time) before the change on the UNIX platform.
              
              Sometimes this effect could be cleard by viewing the file with 
              another windows application.
              
              I have already tried to force writing with option "sync
always",
              but this seems not working !
              
Any clues, how to correct this behaviour !

Thanks in advance

Klaus

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Try turning off opportunistic locking.

On Wed, 30 Sep 1998 17:01:41 +1000, Klaus Troeger
<klaus.troeger@de.origin-it.com> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>our environment:   Sun Sparc 10/20 with Samba 1.9.18p8
>                   Configuration with no printer support
>                   WINS/DNS resolution enabled
>                   NIS home directorys
>                   
>Our Problem:  If a user modifies a existing file (created on his/her pc) on 
>              his/her sun using standard UNIX text editors and accesses this
>              file afterwards on his/her pc with the connected Samba network
>              drive (especially with application "notepad"),
he/she sees only
>              the "old contents" of the file (but with actual
modification
>              date/time) before the change on the UNIX platform.
>              
>              Sometimes this effect could be cleard by viewing the file with
>              another windows application.
>              
>              I have already tried to force writing with option "sync
always",
>              but this seems not working !
>              
>Any clues, how to correct this behaviour !
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Klaus
Regards

Anthony

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