samba - Nov 2003 - Db3 data base is only availible to a single user at a time.

Hello,
 
Having discovered the speed of SAMBA as a file share server  I migrated
our Db3 contact database (ACT) to a file share which is readable and
writeable by all users. Only to discover that only one user could access
it at a time. When a second user tries to use it the following error
occurs. "An error occured when opening the database. It may be damaged
or missing a component" The error is not linked to any particular user
or client PC. I have disabled oplocks which has made no difference.
 
I am using SAMBA 2.2.7 on Mandrake 9.1  with a Win2k PDC and Win2k
clients. The only problem I am having is with multi user access to the
same files.
 
If any one can help I would be grateful.
 
Thank you

 

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John Tindale 
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On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, John wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Having discovered the speed of SAMBA as a file share server  I migrated
> our Db3 contact database (ACT) to a file share which is readable and
> writeable by all users. Only to discover that only one user could access
> it at a time. When a second user tries to use it the following error
> occurs. "An error occured when opening the database. It may be damaged
> or missing a component" The error is not linked to any particular user
> or client PC. I have disabled oplocks which has made no difference.
>
> I am using SAMBA 2.2.7 on Mandrake 9.1  with a Win2k PDC and Win2k
> clients. The only problem I am having is with multi user access to the
> same files.
>
> If any one can help I would be grateful.
Suggest you update to Samba-3.0.0 is possible. Recent versions of Samba
have eased quite some locking issues.

Additionally, I recommend that you read the Samba-HOWTO-Collection.pdf
available from:

	http://samba.org/~jht/HOWTO/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.pdf

There is a complete chapter on "File and Record Locking" that may help
you
to solve your issues.

- John T.
-- 
John H Terpstra
Email: jht@samba.org