Jean-Paul ARGUDO
2003-Jan-24 13:47 UTC
[Samba] Strange behaviour with M$ WORD 97 under Win 2K
Hi all,
I searched thru excellent http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=samba&r=1&w=2
(samba ML archive...) answer to my questions.
I asked Google too.
Both doesnt know about my problem. That's why I finaly decided to polute
samba ML :-(
Here's the environment: a Linux Box under Debian Woody (stable, nothing
compiled by hand EXCEPT KERNEL (aacraid issue..)):
master:~# uname -a
Linux master 2.4.20 #2 SMP Mon Dec 2 18:49:26 CET 2002 i686 unknown
master:~# smbd -V
Version 2.2.3a-12 for Debian
The server is a DELL PowerEdge 1650 with Raid Mirror on two 18Gb disks.
Clients : DELL Inspiron 4150 under windows 2000 SP2
M$ OFFICE 97 (Word, Excel only)
M$ EURO PATCH applied (fonts with EURO symbol...)
All works fine with Samba except:
(1) profile and netlogon directories are stil in user homes. *I KNOW* I
have to re-read the samba howto collection, the soluce is in. Will be
fixed in a few. I already have netlogon ant profile shares enabled, but
client just dont use it ... You'll see this in my smb.conf above...
(2) _the real topic of this mail_ :
My users work with M$ Office 97, Word and Excel, only.
With Word 97, frequently, when a user tries to open a file in the
"public" share (see smb.conf above), he has a message telling him he
is
on READ ONLY mode.
With smbstatus, I clearly see the user is on RDONLY mode on this file.
The problem is that nobody is using this file |-( except him.
I really suspect Word 97 (client side then) to be the origin of the
problem. I noticed Word 97 creates a temp file on opening, It is surely
used to notice others users the file is accessed?.. *but* when the file
is opened, this temp file isn't there?..
So?? Whats up??? Why a such message? really Dunno.
I think I'll have to dig around samba caching issue? or any timeout issue??
I'll really be glad if you could help me in any way. Thanks a lot!
Here's smb.conf, where you'll notice I disabled oplocks, because of data
corruption (filled a report in samba's bugtrack a month ago) with
excel/word files... :
[global]
netbios name=MASTER
workgroup=CPTA
security=user
encrypt passwords=Yes
domain logons=yes
logon script=logon.bat
os level=64
domain master=yes
local master=yes
preferred master=yes
wins support = yes
name resolve order = wins hosts lmhosts bcast
oplocks=no
#interfaces=127.0.0.1 eth0
#bind interfaces only=Yes
#invalid users=root
hosts allow=192.168.0. 192.168.1.
log level=1
#guest account=nobody
printer driver file=/home/public/driver/printers.def
server string=Controleur du domaine CPTA
[netlogon] --dunno why unused :-( RTFM: Samba HOWTO Collection
path=/var/samba/netlogon
read only=yes
public=no
[profiles] --dunno why unused :-( RTFM: Samba HOWTO Collection
path=/var/samba/profiles
read only=no
create mask = 0600
directory mask = 0700
[homes]
browseable=No
writeable=Yes
guest ok=no
comment=Repertoire personnel --means "personal home" in fr
create mask = 0600
directory mask = 0700
valid users = %S
[public] --share where read only word issues occurs
path=/home/public
browseable=Yes
writeable=Yes
guest ok=yes
read only=no -- redundant with writeable=yes, I know :-)
force user=nobody
comment=Repertoire commun --means "public home" in fr
[pdf]
path=/tmp
printable=yes
guest ok=yes
print command=/usr/bin/printpdf %s
lpq commandlprm commandprinter driver=HP C LaserJet 4500-PS
printer driver location=\\%h\printer$
[printer$]
path=/home/public/driver
guest ok=yes
read only=yes
<<EOF>>
note: "--" comments not in original file
--
Jean-Paul ARGUDO
Kristyan Osborne
2003-Jan-24 20:31 UTC
[Samba] Strange behaviour with M$ WORD 97 under Win 2K
Check the permissions on the file under linux. also check your share in the smb.conf file, make sure it hasn't got writable=no etc. Cheers -------- Kristyan Osborne - IT Technician Longhill High School 01273 391672 -----Original Message----- From: Jean-Paul ARGUDO [mailto:jean.paul.argudo@pack-solutions.com] Sent: Fri 24/01/2003 13:45 To: samba@samba.org Cc: Subject: [Samba] Strange behaviour with M$ WORD 97 under Win 2K Hi all, I searched thru excellent http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=samba&r=1&w=2 (samba ML archive...) answer to my questions. I asked Google too. Both doesnt know about my problem. That's why I finaly decided to polute samba ML :-( Here's the environment: a Linux Box under Debian Woody (stable, nothing compiled by hand EXCEPT KERNEL (aacraid issue..)): master:~# uname -a Linux master 2.4.20 #2 SMP Mon Dec 2 18:49:26 CET 2002 i686 unknown master:~# smbd -V Version 2.2.3a-12 for Debian The server is a DELL PowerEdge 1650 with Raid Mirror on two 18Gb disks. Clients : DELL Inspiron 4150 under windows 2000 SP2 M$ OFFICE 97 (Word, Excel only) M$ EURO PATCH applied (fonts with EURO symbol...) All works fine with Samba except: (1) profile and netlogon directories are stil in user homes. *I KNOW* I have to re-read the samba howto collection, the soluce is in. Will be fixed in a few. I already have netlogon ant profile shares enabled, but client just dont use it ... You'll see this in my smb.conf above... (2) _the real topic of this mail_ : My users work with M$ Office 97, Word and Excel, only. With Word 97, frequently, when a user tries to open a file in the "public" share (see smb.conf above), he has a message telling him he is on READ ONLY mode. With smbstatus, I clearly see the user is on RDONLY mode on this file. The problem is that nobody is using this file |-( except him. I really suspect Word 97 (client side then) to be the origin of the problem. I noticed Word 97 creates a temp file on opening, It is surely used to notice others users the file is accessed?.. *but* when the file is opened, this temp file isn't there?.. So?? Whats up??? Why a such message? really Dunno. I think I'll have to dig around samba caching issue? or any timeout issue?? I'll really be glad if you could help me in any way. Thanks a lot! Here's smb.conf, where you'll notice I disabled oplocks, because of data corruption (filled a report in samba's bugtrack a month ago) with excel/word files... : [global] netbios name=MASTER workgroup=CPTA security=user encrypt passwords=Yes domain logons=yes logon script=logon.bat os level=64 domain master=yes local master=yes preferred master=yes wins support = yes name resolve order = wins hosts lmhosts bcast oplocks=no #interfaces=127.0.0.1 eth0 #bind interfaces only=Yes #invalid users=root hosts allow=192.168.0. 192.168.1. log level=1 #guest account=nobody printer driver file=/home/public/driver/printers.def server string=Controleur du domaine CPTA [netlogon] --dunno why unused :-( RTFM: Samba HOWTO Collection path=/var/samba/netlogon read only=yes public=no [profiles] --dunno why unused :-( RTFM: Samba HOWTO Collection path=/var/samba/profiles read only=no create mask = 0600 directory mask = 0700 [homes] browseable=No writeable=Yes guest ok=no comment=Repertoire personnel --means "personal home" in fr create mask = 0600 directory mask = 0700 valid users = %S [public] --share where read only word issues occurs path=/home/public browseable=Yes writeable=Yes guest ok=yes read only=no -- redundant with writeable=yes, I know :-) force user=nobody comment=Repertoire commun --means "public home" in fr [pdf] path=/tmp printable=yes guest ok=yes print command=/usr/bin/printpdf %s lpq command lprm command printer driver=HP C LaserJet 4500-PS printer driver location=\\%h\printer$ [printer$] path=/home/public/driver guest ok=yes read only=yes <<EOF>> note: "--" comments not in original file -- Jean-Paul ARGUDO -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba