> Hello, > > I have a samba server running at a customer site and they have the > follwing problem: > Employees of that company have for extended periods sometimes > word documents opened for editing, but it happens regularly that > for an half hour or more no activity takes place because they are > working on something else (it's a flower seed growing company , with pc's > in the glasshouses and they have to monitor the seedbeds and fill in > now and then something in in word documents). When that happens > the word application returns a message that , "There was a sharing > violation" ,..... > Is this caused by a time out on the server? or the client? Is it possible > to configure the samba server to forcefully keep the connection between > the > client and the server alive?
[Mitch says:] Are there any VPN's, smart switches or routers involved? I've not seen any app timeout problems with my servers, but I know that some routers or VPN arrangements have short timeouts / lack keep alive and can cause this sort of behaviour. m/ -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
