Hi there, Can somebody please explain to me why Samba 3 requires 'oplocks = no' on shares for programs like Quickbooks to operate properly with multiple users, where Samba 2 didn't? Without this option, Quickbooks will complain about file corruption when a second user tries to open a file. This option, however, makes the particular share that the option is present in _very_ slow accessing from Windows clients. Currently, Quickbooks is getting its own share as a workaround (previously, some setups may have had Quickbooks in a subfolder of another share). I'm finding it _very_ difficult to convince some people to upgrade (from Samba 2 on Debian Woody, to Samba 3 on Ubuntu Hoary) when to them, it seems a step backwards - "It works fine shared from Windows". Is there perhaps another way around this problem, or something fixed in a later version of Samba that is present in Ubuntu Hoary (3.0.10-1ubuntu3)? Seeking advice, R
Sorry, didn't mean for that to go to you personally, must remember to choose reply all and remove personal emails ;o) I am still curious, I have this for my quickbooks share: [accting] comment = Accounting Volume path = /accting writeable = yes valid users = list of valid users oplocks = no level2 oplocks = no force group = group force user = user inherit permissions = yes create mask = 0771 directory mask = 0771 vfs object = recycle:recycle recycle:repository = .deleted recycle:keeptree = Yes recycle:touch = Yes recycle:versions = Yes Is there anything in this config you would suggest changing/removing/adding? Liz> > Ryan > > > > I am continuing to have issues with my users and their Quickbooks > > application as well as a MS Access shared database. Can you share > > with me > > your setup? Are your users able to use Quickbooks on a Samba share > > without > > corrupting the databases? > > Sure, must make the following is in the share dedicated to quickbooks: > > oplocks = no > > Works fine then, but this disables some caching which will slow down > other files shared in the same directory. For now, I'm just creating > a [quickbooks] share just with Quickbooks inside of it. > > Also, I would re-post this question on the list... not just to me. > It demonstrates other people are having issues and reinforces my > question. > > > > > I haven't used any previous versions of Samba, and we're on Samb > > 3.0.14 a > > RedHat ES installation. > > > > Thanks, appreciate any feedback you can provide! > > > > Liz > >
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Liz Ackerman writes:> I am still curious, I have this for my quickbooks share: > > [accting] > comment = Accounting Volume > path = /accting > writeable = yes > valid users = list of valid users > oplocks = noA more efficient way is: veto oplock files = /*.QBW/*.QBI/ This only ignores oplocks on these files - not the entire share... you could add access files etc. to this list if required. m/