I meant Access2000 of course, and the samba versions I tried were
samba-3.0.7 3.0.10 and the prerelease 3.0.11rc1.
Any help would be appreciated,
Peter Huetmannsberger, RHCE
On Tue, 18 Jan 2005, Peter Huetmannsberger wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> Using samba-3.0.11 or 3.0.11rc1 on RH9
> Win Clients are XP SP2
>
>
> I have a problem with sharing an ACCESS2000 mdb file on a samba share. The
> first user can open the file without any trouble. The next user (or the
> same user again) has to wait a timed 4 minutes before the database opens
> for him.
>
> I have tried a number of various locking options (oplocks = no, veto
> oplocks file = *\.mdb, even fake oplocks = yes) in order to improve the
> situation, but to no avail.
>
> One of the debugging messages I got was NT_STATUS_LOCK_NOT_GRANTED amongst
> a number of things I did not understand.
>
> A downgrade to 2.2.12 improved the situation immediately, the second user
> has no trouble opening the file, and working with it.
>
> I would like to use the features of samba-3.0.10 for a samba PDC which is
> why I am not happy about downgrading. But the database is the main tool
> for the film festival I work for, so it must work.
>
> HAs anyone else found a solution to ACCESS2000 sharing problems.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Peter Huetmannsberger, RHCE
>
>