samba - Oct 2013 - Powerpoint 2007 not advancing slides

Hi Everyone

Samba 3.6.7 on OpenSuse 12.2 x86_64

I have an unusual problem for which I have not been able to find a 
solution on the Internet.

With Powerpoint 2003, there was no issue. With Powerpoint 2007, the user 
cannot advance slides unless the file is saved locally on the client 
(Windows XP SP3, ntfs filesystem).

When the file is loaded from the samba share, the user can edit and save 
their powerpoint. They simply cannot run a slideshow. Regardless of the 
slideshow settings, you cannot advance to the next slide.

Any assistance would be appreciated.

Kevin Hall

Hi Kevin,
Microsoft Office interaction with networked file systems can be a strange
beast .
I would suggest :
1.) Test with a newer version of Samba . 3.6.7 is quite old at this stage.
You could create a a test OpenSuse 12.2 x86_64 server and install the
3.6.19 packages from Sernet http://enterprisesamba.com/ and then check if
you still have the same problem.
2.) Testing with a Windows 7 workstation . Win 7 will use SMB2 if your
samba is configured to support it. This will help isolate if the issue is
with SMB1 (NT1) .
3.) Get down and dirty with Wireshark. Compare the difference between using
Powerpoint 2003 and Powerpoint 2007 . You may not understand all the
traffic passing between the client and the server but you may get a better
idea as to what is failing and subsequently a more detailed error message
to send to the Samba devels :).

Rgds
Ian Clancy


On 14 October 2013 22:25, Kevin Hall <kevin.hall at
hallictservices.co.uk>wrote:
> Hi Everyone
>
> Samba 3.6.7 on OpenSuse 12.2 x86_64
>
> I have an unusual problem for which I have not been able to find a
> solution on the Internet.
>
> With Powerpoint 2003, there was no issue. With Powerpoint 2007, the user
> cannot advance slides unless the file is saved locally on the client
> (Windows XP SP3, ntfs filesystem).
>
> When the file is loaded from the samba share, the user can edit and save
> their powerpoint. They simply cannot run a slideshow. Regardless of the
> slideshow settings, you cannot advance to the next slide.
>
> Any assistance would be appreciated.
>
> Kevin Hall
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