This is obviously not a long term acceptable solution. Could someone
please enlighten me as to the permanent solution, or at least see why it
doesn't work? This is not my problem, therefore I have not had the
opportuntity to test - I don't have a version that old. Let me know if it
is solved in a newer version as well. Thanks.
It is a workable solution, although the generally accepted solution would be
better ........
let me try on the exact steps ....
samba 1.9.18p10 on redhat 5.2
clients are accessing form WinNT Workstation 4.0 sp3/4
relevant part of smb.conf ....
[homes]
comment = %U's Files
browseable = no
writable = yes
scenario ....
1) a user double clicks on network neighborhood
2) double clicks on the samba server
3) their directory appears BUT when they right click/propeties on it
they get an error message "The server <servername> does not accept
remote
requests" and an information box shows but with nothing on directory size.
Attempted workarounds
1) map the offending directory
2) go to mycomputer/mappeddirectory and either a) show details or b)
right click on the mapped directory ... both instances produce no error
message but dreadfully incorrect information (0 megs used 3.96 gigs
free!!??!!! when there is actually 32 megs used in the directory)
(Un!?)acceptable workaround
1) open the offending directory
2) select all/right click/properties and a summary of directory size
appears ...
Let me know if this is clear ....
Mike
Jon Stanley wrote:>
> Is this what you wanted though? It is obviously a workaround for an
> unacceptable problem. Let me know the exact steps to reproduce the
> problem (basically is the sharepoint mapped or unmapped or does it
> matter), and I'll submit it to the samba list.
>
> kernel panic: cannot read from /dev/caffeine.
>
> "As if you could kill time without injuring eternity"
> -- Henry David Thoereau
>
> On Tue, 28 Mar 2000, Mike Wohlgemuth wrote:
>
> > Well, an ex-student who we hired to help me part time, showed me
> > "immediately" what to do ....
> >
> > open up the user's folder, select all, select properties and it
gives you
> > the users directory size ....
> >
> > gosh ... kids are great!!!!!
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> > At 16:03 3/28/00 -0500, you wrote:
> > >I am using the version of Samba that came with Redhat 6.0. When I
right
> > >clicked/properties on a mapped drive, I think what is being
returned is all
> > >the used space in the whole hard drive partition and all the free
space in
> > >the whole partition.
> > >
> > >About the only suggestion I can offer is to have each user create
a
> > >directory and allocate all files and directories under this
"root
> > >equivalent" directory. When right clicking/properties on
this directory, I
> > >think the space utilization will be correct.
> > >
> > >Mark Orenstein
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: owner-seul-edu@seul.org [mailto:owner-seul-edu@seul.org]On
Behalf
> > >Of Mike Wohlgemuth
> > >Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 7:36 AM
> > >To: seul-edu@seul.org
> > >Subject: Re: [seul-edu] File Space on a Samba Server
> > >
> > >
> > >Well, I am at school now and right clicking on the mapped
sharename gives me
> > >an
> > >incorrect directory size ...
> > >
> > >Maybe I will try to upgrade like Kevin suggested. Before I do so,
has anyone
> > >tried this on a newer version of samba (I am running 1.9.18p10 ---
see
> > >below)?
> > >
> > >
> > >Mike
> > >
> > >Mark Orenstein wrote:
> > >>
> > >> I don't know whether this will help, but from a W98
machine, if I right
> > >> click/properties on a sharename (by expanding Network
Neighborhood), then
> > >I
> > >> do not get any space information. On the other hand, if I
map the
> > >sharename
> > >> to a "drive letter" and then from Windows Explorer,
right
> > >click/properties,
> > >> then I will get space utilization information (however, it
seems to be
> > >> truncated to 2Gigs). I'm testing this at home using a
W98/W95 peer
> > >network.
> > >> I'll try it tomorrow with Samba at work.
> > >>
> > >> Mark Orenstein
> > >> East Granby, CT School System
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: owner-seul-edu@seul.org
[mailto:owner-seul-edu@seul.org]On Behalf
> > >> Of Mike Wohlgemuth
> > >> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 2:41 PM
> > >> To: seul-edu@seul.org
> > >> Subject: [seul-edu] File Space on a Samba Server
> > >>
> > >> Hi all ... I am trying to find an "easy" way for
users to know how much
> > >> directory space they are using from a Win Nt workstation.
> > >>
> > >> Here is the scenario ... a samba server (1.9.18p10) that
shares users home
> > >> directories.
> > >> The relevant part of smb.conf is
> > >>
> > >> [homes]
> > >> comment = %U's Files
> > >> browseable = no
> > >> writable = yes
> > >>
> > >> when the user right clicks on her folder, and selects
properties, from a
> > >> workstation (all are NT 4.0) she gets the dialog "The
server does not
> > >accept
> > >> remote requests" . If she goes inside of her directory
and right clicks
> > >and
> > >> selects properties on a folder, then she gets all relevant
information.
> > >>
> > >> How do I make it so that she can also see the properties on
her folder?
> > >>
> > >> Mike
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Mike Wohlgemuth
> > >>
> > >> Technology Coordinator
> > >> Mathematics Teacher
> > >> SAIL High School
> > >> Tallahassee, Fla.
> > >>
> > >> mikE wohlgemutH > shred@m21.sail.leon.k12.fl.us
> > >> sail higH schooL > http://www.sail.leon.k12.fl.us/
> > >>
> > >> Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them
they
> > >> translate into their own language, and forthwith it is
something
> > >> entirely different.
> > >> -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
> > >
> > >--
> > >Mike Wohlgemuth
> > >
> > >Technology Coordinator
> > >Mathematics Teacher
> > >SAIL High School
> > >Tallahassee, Fla.
> > >
> > >mikE wohlgemutH > shred@m21.sail.leon.k12.fl.us
> > >sail higH schooL > http://www.sail.leon.k12.fl.us/
> > >
> > >Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they
> > >translate into their own language, and forthwith it is something
> > >entirely different.
> > > -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
> > >
> > >
> > mikE wohlgemutH
> >
> > A debugged program is one for which you have not yet found the
conditions
> > that make it fail.
> > -- Jerry Ogdin
> >
> > http://m67.sail.leon.k12.fl.us/~shred
> > matH departmenT heaD
> > technologY coordinatoR
> > sail higH schooL---->
> > shred@m21.sail.leon.k12.fl.us
> > http://m67.sail.leon.k12.fl.us
> >
--
Mike Wohlgemuth
Technology Coordinator
Mathematics Teacher
SAIL High School
Tallahassee, Fla.
mikE wohlgemutH > shred@m21.sail.leon.k12.fl.us
sail higH schooL > http://www.sail.leon.k12.fl.us/
Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they
translate into their own language, and forthwith it is something
entirely different.
-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
