> There is a fundamental problem in that DOS locking is incompatible with
> UNIX locking. Now if you use smbfs and samba you add two extra layers
> where things can go wrong. This makes it complex. If the file server is
> not running Windows then it's probably better to use NFS instead.

The file server is Linux. However, there are also some Windows machines
who want to say a word. And they all(Dosemu and Windows clients) must work
together well.

> The locking mechanism I did not mention was region locking, which however
> can probably be solved now in certain cases by using the 64-bit
> lock functions. See
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-msdos&m=103626684509236&w=2
> (this is not implemented yet; patches are welcome :)

So region locking does not work at all (atm)?
In any case? (That is my primary concern, actually...)


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