samba - Mar 2018 - best practice nfs and samba file lock

Hi,

i'm searching for best practice in configuration a dual head nfs / samba
server. At the moment samba 3.6.x is used, an yes i'll know it is EOL.

We have the problem if the windows client open a file, the aix nfs
client doesn't recognize the lock and overwrite the file.

Is there a solution for this or is this the hell of nfs locking ;-)



best regards
Michael


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Michael Wandel
Bielefeld

On Tue, Mar 06, 2018 at 12:01:58PM +0100, Michael Wandel via samba
wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> i'm searching for best practice in configuration a dual head nfs /
samba
> server. At the moment samba 3.6.x is used, an yes i'll know it is EOL.
> 
> We have the problem if the windows client open a file, the aix nfs
> client doesn't recognize the lock and overwrite the file.
> 
> Is there a solution for this or is this the hell of nfs locking ;-)
If you set "posix locking = yes" (default) in smb.conf,
then smbd maps Windows locks into POSIX fcntl locks.

Now these locks are advisory, not mandatory. Is your nfs client
checking for advisory locks ? Do you have wireshark *proof*
of this (N.B., this is the fcntl lock type, *NOT* the BSD
flock or lockf type).