---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jim Young <jim.young@ucalgary.ca> Date: 7 Apr 2008 09:11 Subject: file locking issue To: samba@lists.samba.org Hello, Until recently, I could work from my samba share and do the following: Edit a latex document, compile, view its pdf output in kpdf/xpdf. Leave the pdf viewer open, modify the document, recompile. then get the pdf viewer to reload (r key in xpdf). This no longer works, as the latex compile complains that it cannot open the output pdf file for writing. this seems like a file lock issue but I am unsure where it is happening. My previous usage should be perfectly safe since xpdf should only open for reading. I am not sure which upgrades correspond to this breaking as I was not using latex continuously. I am running Debian Unstable, using smbclient/smbfs 3.0.28a-1 to connect to a samba server (unix backend) on my university network. Server: Samba3.0.10-1.4E I mount the smb share in my fstab as follows: //myserver/jyoung /mnt/uni smbfs credentials=credsfile,gid=jyoung,uid=jyoung,auto,rw I spoke with my system administrator and he said it may also be possible to get the server settings changed depending on what is required (and the implications). Thanks Jim -- James Young, B.Sc. Ph.D. Student Interactions laboratory, Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4 Phone: +1.403.210.9502 E-mail: jim.young@ucalgary.ca URL: http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~jyoung/<http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/%7Ejyoung/> -- James Young, B.Sc. Ph.D. Student Interactions laboratory, Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4 Phone: +1.403.210.9502 E-mail: jim.young@ucalgary.ca URL: http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~jyoung/