Jeffrey Altman wrote:
If the files are truly intended for read-only use, store them in a
directory that provides only 'rl' access to the end users or store them
in a .readonly volume. In both of those cases the AFS Cache Manager
knows that the user cannot obtain a lock on the file and will
At 10:59 AM 11/29/2007, Jeffrey Altman wrote:
Therefore, if you are providing files to be used simply as read only
templates, they should be stored in AFS in a manner that indicates to
the AFS client that they are in fact readonly so that the cache manager
knows it is safe to fake the locks
Rodney M. Dyer wrote:
At 10:59 AM 11/29/2007, Jeffrey Altman wrote:
Therefore, if you are providing files to be used simply as read only
templates, they should be stored in AFS in a manner that indicates to
the AFS client that they are in fact readonly so that the cache manager
knows it is
Thanks Jeffrey,
snip
Therefore, if you are providing files to be used simply as read only
templates, they should be stored in AFS in a manner that indicates to
the AFS client that they are in fact readonly so that the cache manager
knows it is safe to fake the locks locally.
Would this also be
Hans Melgers wrote:
Thanks Jeffrey,
snip
Therefore, if you are providing files to be used simply as read only
templates, they should be stored in AFS in a manner that indicates to
the AFS client that they are in fact readonly so that the cache manager
knows it is safe to fake the locks
check some settings ?
-Original Message-
From: Jeffrey Altman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:
woensdag 14 november 2007 15:43
To: Hans Melgers
Cc: openafs-info@openafs.org
Subject: Re: [OpenAFS] MS Word crashing when opening files, 1.5.27
client
Hans:
Please follow the debugging
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:
woensdag 14 november 2007 15:43
To: Hans Melgers
Cc: openafs-info@openafs.org
Subject: Re: [OpenAFS] MS Word crashing when opening files, 1.5.27
client
Hans:
Please follow the debugging section of the OpenAFS for Windows
Release Notes. In particular, use
If you set that value to 0, then winword will start but two users on
different machines will be able to open the file at the same time.
Doing so will corrupt the file if both decide to write to it.
Jeffrey Altman
Hans Melgers wrote:
Thanks Jeffrey. The older version was in the early
I understand, but probably most files are used as templates so that
wouldnt be a problem in this case.
What still puzzles me is why this doesnt work on those pc's with such a
standard application as MS Word. (is there a more standard application
in the pc world ?)
Could it be a legacy from
If the files are truly intended for read-only use, store them in a
directory that provides only 'rl' access to the end users or store them
in a .readonly volume. In both of those cases the AFS Cache Manager
knows that the user cannot obtain a lock on the file and will issue one
locally.
Jeffrey
settings ?
-Original Message-
From: Jeffrey Altman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: woensdag 14 november 2007 15:43
To: Hans Melgers
Cc: openafs-info@openafs.org
Subject: Re: [OpenAFS] MS Word crashing when opening files, 1.5.27 client
Hans:
Please follow the debugging section
crashing when opening files, 1.5.27 client
Hans:
Please follow the debugging section of the OpenAFS for Windows Release Notes.
In particular, use the SysInternals' Process Monitor to log the requests
from Word so that you can determine which requests are failing with 1.5.27
that succeed
Hello,
We just installed some XP machines with the latest 1.5.27 afs client. On
several of them Word crashes badly when trying to open a .doc file on
afs. Most of them running office XP but also seen on office 2003.
I run 1.5.25 and havent seen the problem. Could this be a bug in the
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