[Fwd: File Locking and Permissions Issue]

[Jack Lauman <jlauman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: File Locking and Permissions Issue
Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 15:10:28 -0700
From: Jack Lauman <jlauman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Organization: nwcascades.com
To: mailto:samba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I'm trying to get Lacerte 2007 Tax Accounting software working on a
Samba v3.0.28a based server.  When one user is logged in it works fine.
  When two or more users are accessing the database files it slows to a
crawl.

Lacerte's tech support personnel set up an identical scenereo in their
lab.  Here's what the found:

<quote>
I compared the open files with one computer in Lacerte vs. two
computers in Lacerte and noticed one thing peculiar: when one computer
is using Lacerte, all files are opened with exclusive+batch oplocks
including Data1i07.dbf, however when 2 computers are running Lacerte, a
few files open without oplocks, notably data1i07.dbf.  I have also
attached a copy of my smbstatus output (put into an Excel spreadsheet,
computer 1 highlighted in yellow, computer 2 in blue.)  This seems to be
the same way it was working on your server.

One more thing to note - I was logged in as the same user on both
workstations - if you can try that configuration and it works, that
might clue us in to some kind of permissions issue.
</quote>

I've attached both files to this message.  Any help in resolving this
matter would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Jack Lauman

[global]
	server string = Linux Samba Server V %v
   workgroup = WORKGROUP
	interfaces = eth0 127.0.0.1
	bind interfaces only = yes
   security = user
	log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
	time server = yes
	socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY
	os level = 65
	preferred master = yes
	domain master = yes
	local master = yes
	guest account = smbuser
	printcap name = cups
	printing = cups 
	wins support = yes
	use client driver = yes
	encrypt passwords = yes
	smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
   idmap uid = 16777216-33554431
   idmap gid = 16777216-33554431
   template shell = /bin/false
   winbind use default domain = no
[homes]
	browsable = no
	writable = yes
[intuit]
	comment = Lacerte Server
	path = /home/arends/intuit
	read only = no
	guest ok = yes

[public]
	comment = Public file access
	path = /home/public
	read only = no
	create mask = 2775
	directory mask = 0775
	guest ok = yes
[web]
	comment = WWW
	path = /var/www/html
	valid users = arends
	read only = no 
[printers]
	printer = raw
	comment = All Printers
	path = /var/spool/samba
	guest ok = yes
	public = yes	
	writable = yes
	printable = yes
	browseable = yes
[print$]
	comment = Printer Drivers
	path = /etc/samba/printer
	guest ok = no
	broweseable = yes
	read only = yes
	write list = arends,gijane,root

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