Am Montag, 28. Juli 2008 schrieb Michael Heydon: > Wilhelm Meier wrote: > > <snip> > > On a local linux filesystem like ext2/3 one can rename a file to > > an existing, already open file. > > > > But this doesn't work on a cifs-mounted samba-share > > <snip> > > The reason this works with ext2 is that as long as you hold an open > file descriptor a deleted file is still accessible (rename is > essentially a delete and then a move). > > While it might be theoretically possible for this to work unix to > unix, Windows doesn't deal with deleted files the same way (it > prevents you from deleting files as long as they are open), and so > it's quite possible that SMB/CIFS doesn't understand the concept of > having a deleted file open.
Yes, with a windows file server this is impossible. But I thought the samba unix extensions should make that possible. Otherwise samba/cifs is unusable as e.g. user-homes, since KDE tends to use this pattern. Is there any workaround at the moment? -- Wilhelm -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
