Hello, I have "samba4-4.0.0-61.el6_5.rc4" rpm running on Redhat EL6 from RHN (Redhat Network). We use PCs and Macs to connect to the file shares on the network. Users are accessing various Microsoft Office files on the server. A month ago noticed few strange things happening with Samba4: 1. Microsoft Office Files gets corrupted during the saving process (that could be Microsoft bug) 2. Default handling of the file locking mechanism when accessing MicroSoft Word or Excel files is not working correctly. It usually happens when users simultaneously accessing files from Apple iMacs and Microsoft Windows PCs 3. Some files are just randomly dissapearing from the file listing, then appear stays for few minutes and dissapear again. it happened to various .xlsx and .docx files, sometimes they had some temporary files ( *~$*filename.ext or *._*filename.ext or *._~$*filename.ext ) 4. If directory's name contains space at the end of the name, it becomes not visible on the fileshare Can anybody help me to the right direction? The version of samba4 package is the latest stable version in Redhat repositories. Upgrading to the latest version (4.1.9) from samba.org vebsite and compiling, probably would invalidate system's stability. Any thoughts are welcome -- *Giedrius Tuminauskas*
On Fri, Jul 04, 2014 at 02:16:33PM +0100, Giedrius Tuminauskas wrote:> Hello, > > I have "samba4-4.0.0-61.el6_5.rc4" rpm running on Redhat EL6 from > RHN (Redhat Network). We use PCs and Macs to connect to the file > shares on the network. > Users are accessing various Microsoft Office files on the server. > > A month ago noticed few strange things happening with Samba4:4.0.0 is really a bit dated. You should try to find a current version in the 4.0 release stream if 4.1 is too big a step for you. I guess RedHat should be able to get do this for you. I can't really believe that 4.0.0 is the latest that RH will offer to you. With best regards, Volker Lendecke -- SerNet GmbH, Bahnhofsallee 1b, 37081 G?ttingen phone: +49-551-370000-0, fax: +49-551-370000-9 AG G?ttingen, HRB 2816, GF: Dr. Johannes Loxen http://www.sernet.de, mailto:kontakt at sernet.de