On Thu, 28 Nov 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 05:02:24PM +0100, Stefan Nordlander wrote: > > Hi, I'm having problems with M$ Office files on an samba mounted fs. > > Here's the deal. > > > > Server A is an NFS server holding the homes. (Irix 6.5.14) > > Server B is the Samba server (Samba 2.2.2, kernel oplocks = no, Irix > > 6.5.14) > > > > The homes are nfs-mounted on the Samba server (autofs), and all is well > > until someone tries to open or create an Microsoft Office Document. > > I suppose it has something to do with the (bloody) ~$blahblah.doc files > > that are created by Office.. > > The log.smbd gives: > > > > [2002/11/28 14:05:54, 0] locking/posix.c:(667) > > posix_fcntl_lock: WARNING: lock request at offset 2147483538, length 1 > > returned > > [2002/11/28 14:05:54, 0] locking/posix.c:(669) > > an No locks available error. This can happen when using 64 bit lock > > offsets > > [2002/11/28 14:05:54, 0] locking/posix.c:(670) > > on 32 bit NFS mounted file systems. > > Errr - I'd guess what's happening is what the error says :-). > And when I added that message I thought it'd be very clear :-(. > > The kernel Samba is running on supports 64 bit fcntl locks, > however the underlying (NFS) filesystem that the files are > being shared from only supports 32 bit locks. Thus the lock > request is being denied. > > If these files are only being accessed by Windows users (the > usual case for MS-Office files, unless you have OpenOffice > on IRIX) then you can turn off the mapping down to POSIX locking > by setting the parameter "posix locking = False". No harm done. > > Jeremy.
;) It's not that I didn't understand what the message itself meant, just that it worked a few days ago (or so I have been told :) and I haven't made any changes in the system. What could have been the source of this problem? The kernel has always been 64bit on this machine, and the NFS(3) as far as I know is always 64bit (XFS between two 64bit machines) so I just thought that since the err message said "..can happen.." I thought it could have other causes to. If I set posix locking = False, what potential dangers do I face? Except the obvious 'open one document from two locations' -issue. We don't use any form of Office suite on IRIX (unforitently), but the files are frequentlly used on the Unix side, via apache etc.. Thanks Jeremy! /shoe -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
