[K12OSN] Samba Question

[Bert Rolston]

Hi Shawn,

I've run ion to a similar problem with MS access 2K on XP Pro
workstations.

The DB can be updated alright if the machine connects to the Samba
Workgroup, but not if logging in to the SAMBA DOMAIN.

I've just read Terrell's post and may try his suggestion.

Cheers,
Bert

On Tue, 2004-07-13 at 02:19, Shawn Powers wrote:
> I know, this isn't a samba list -- but you folks are "in the trenches" 
> with me...  Feel free to reply off-list so as not to pollute the email 
> boxes of all those folks that don't care about samba...
> 
> I have a windows app that uses a fox-pro database.  I need to have a 
> group of users be able to read/write/change/delete the files on a samba 
> share.  For some reason, no matter how I set up the samba share, I seem 
> to get "access denied" while performing certain actions.  (Especially 
> reindexing, upgrading tables, and writing over top of existing files)
> 
> Could someone point me to a "how to get foxpro programs to like samba" 
> type tutorial, or a sample smb.conf file that will help me?  Right now, 
> I had to copy the database folder to a workstation, and use windows 
> filesharing to share the data to everyone else.  TERRIBLE solution, but 
> it works for now.  I refuse to believe that windows filesharing can do 
> what samba can not. :)
> 
> There are many file-locking options, like "op-locks" "fake op-locks" 
> etc, that I just don't understand.  I know on the linux side, the files 
> are created properly, and the users *should* have permission to 
> change/delete/etc -- but somehow my smb.conf file doesn't let it work.
> 
> I'd paste the appropriate part of my smb.conf file here -- but it's 
> changed so many times, that I'd almost rather a fresh outlook on how to 
> set up the share.  None of the file-locking options I've tried work. :)
> 
> Thanks a bunch, and sorry again for posting a non LTSP question...
> 
> -Shawn
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