samba - Oct 2004 - commit changes to removable media + error copying

SAMBA 2.2.8A

I am automounting a 6-in-1 smartmedia reader such as:

/etc/auto..master
/mnt/auto       /etc/auto.misc  --timeout=1

/etc/auto.misc
carda          -fstype=msdos,rw,nosuid,nodev,umask=000 :/dev/sda1

I am also making that a samba share:

[card_a]
        comment = Removable Card Media
        path = /mnt/auto/carda
        browseable = yes
        public = no
        read only = no
        oplocks = no
        level2 oplocks = no
        force directory mode = 0777
        create mask = 777
        force group = domain-users

When browsing to the directory, it will automount and display the
files.  I can update/delete/change the files.  However, in order for
the changes to commit, I need to browse away from share for the
timeout period (1 second) or leave the card in the reader for about a
minute.  Is there a way to have the changes commit so it could be more
transparent to the end user??

also - if I try to copy the file (control-c/control-v) I receive the
error message:

"cannot copy <FILENAME>: invalid file handle"

The only log files I see are:
[2004/10/03 13:23:50, 0] smbd/fileio.c:seek_file(42)
  seek_file: (64mb.mp3) sys_lseek failed. Error was Invalid argument

but it doesnt necessarily coincide with the times I try to do the cut-n-paste

however, if I copy between two different cards in the reader (CF->SD)
then it works fine

Thanks in advance

Chris

I have found this: 
http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/automount.htm

but still in the dark to resolving this -- thanks


On Sun, 3 Oct 2004 13:26:46 -0500, Chris McKeever <techjedi@gmail.com>
wrote:
> SAMBA 2.2.8A
> 
> I am automounting a 6-in-1 smartmedia reader such as:
> 
> /etc/auto..master
> /mnt/auto       /etc/auto.misc  --timeout=1
> 
> /etc/auto.misc
> carda          -fstype=msdos,rw,nosuid,nodev,umask=000 :/dev/sda1
> 
> I am also making that a samba share:
> 
> [card_a]
>        comment = Removable Card Media
>        path = /mnt/auto/carda
>        browseable = yes
>        public = no
>        read only = no
>        oplocks = no
>        level2 oplocks = no
>        force directory mode = 0777
>        create mask = 777
>        force group = domain-users
> 
> When browsing to the directory, it will automount and display the
> files.  I can update/delete/change the files.  However, in order for
> the changes to commit, I need to browse away from share for the
> timeout period (1 second) or leave the card in the reader for about a
> minute.  Is there a way to have the changes commit so it could be more
> transparent to the end user??
> 
> also - if I try to copy the file (control-c/control-v) I receive the
> error message:
> 
> "cannot copy <FILENAME>: invalid file handle"
> 
> The only log files I see are:
> [2004/10/03 13:23:50, 0] smbd/fileio.c:seek_file(42)
>  seek_file: (64mb.mp3) sys_lseek failed. Error was Invalid argument
> 
> but it doesnt necessarily coincide with the times I try to do the
cut-n-paste
> 
> however, if I copy between two different cards in the reader (CF->SD)
> then it works fine
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Chris
>

On Sun, 3 Oct 2004 13:26:46 -0500, Chris McKeever <techjedi@gmail.com>
wrote:
> SAMBA 2.2.8A
> 
> I am automounting a 6-in-1 smartmedia reader such as:
> 
> /etc/auto..master
> /mnt/auto       /etc/auto.misc  --timeout=1
> 
> /etc/auto.misc
> carda          -fstype=msdos,rw,nosuid,nodev,umask=000 :/dev/sda1
> 
> I am also making that a samba share:
> 
> [card_a]
>        comment = Removable Card Media
>        path = /mnt/auto/carda
>        browseable = yes
>        public = no
>        read only = no
>        oplocks = no
>        level2 oplocks = no
>        force directory mode = 0777
>        create mask = 777
>        force group = domain-users
> 
> When browsing to the directory, it will automount and display the
> files.  I can update/delete/change the files.  However, in order for
> the changes to commit, I need to browse away from share for the
> timeout period (1 second) or leave the card in the reader for about a
> minute.  Is there a way to have the changes commit so it could be more
> transparent to the end user??
> 
> also - if I try to copy the file (control-c/control-v) I receive the
> error message:
> 
> "cannot copy <FILENAME>: invalid file handle"
this was an issue withthe cards being formatted msdos rather than
vfat, that fixed that problem - now if I can figure out how to commit
the changes to the mounted system quicker --



> 
> The only log files I see are:
> [2004/10/03 13:23:50, 0] smbd/fileio.c:seek_file(42)
>  seek_file: (64mb.mp3) sys_lseek failed. Error was Invalid argument
> 
> but it doesnt necessarily coincide with the times I try to do the
cut-n-paste
> 
> however, if I copy between two different cards in the reader (CF->SD)
> then it works fine
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Chris
>

On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 23:26:59 +0200, Holger Krull <holger.krull@gmx.de>
wrote:
> 
> > minute.  Is there a way to have the changes commit so it could be more
> > transparent to the end user??
> >
> 
> I don't know exactly, but maybe this is the usual bdflush write behind
> time, if you are on linux.
> Parameters may vary with kernel. On 2.4 i use
> echo 40 2048 0 0 100 600 60 20 > /proc/sys/vm/bdflush
> to reduce write cache age time to 6 seconds.
> 
Thanks Holger - gave it a shot still wont commit the changes until I
close out the explorer window or move off the share -- just wondering
how people handle this with samba shared floppies and other removable
media....so close, yet not

thanks