[Samba] Samba Shortfalls?

2008-09-12 Thread Justin Piszcz
Hello, 1) Can not support .chm help files 2) Does not support locks for multi-user access to Access 3) Does support URLs from windows with '%' in the path 4) Numerous problems with multiple users accessing same folder. Comments/suggestions for fixing the above mentioned problems? Justin. -- To

Re: [Samba] Samba Shortfalls?

2008-09-12 Thread Volker Lendecke
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 09:46:34AM -0400, Justin Piszcz wrote: 1) Can not support .chm help files 2) Does not support locks for multi-user access to Access 3) Does support URLs from windows with '%' in the path 4) Numerous problems with multiple users accessing same folder.

Re: [Samba] Samba Shortfalls?

2008-09-12 Thread John Drescher
1) Can not support .chm help files This works on my network 2) Does not support locks for multi-user access to Access This too works on my network 3) Does support URLs from windows with '%' in the path Have not tested this 4) Numerous problems with multiple users accessing same folder. Not

Re: [Samba] Samba Shortfalls?

2008-09-12 Thread John H Terpstra
On Friday 12 September 2008 08:46:34 Justin Piszcz wrote: Hello, 1) Can not support .chm help files 2) Does not support locks for multi-user access to Access This is an MS Access configuration issue. I have a large customer who has no problems with an MS Access application that resides on a

Re: [Samba] Samba Shortfalls?

2008-09-12 Thread Tim Bates
Justin Piszcz wrote: 1) Can not support .chm help files They're just files. In what way aren't they supported? 2) Does not support locks for multi-user access to Access Access doesn't really support that either. But 2 staff at the school I work for often have the same Access file open. Not

Re: [Samba] Samba Shortfalls?

2008-09-12 Thread Brian H. Nelson
Justin Piszcz wrote: Hello, 1) Can not support .chm help files I am unable to use .chm files even when shared from a 'real' windows 2000 machine either. I believe the limitation is in the help file viewer, not in the server (samba or otherwise). -Brian --

Re: [Samba] Samba Shortfalls?

2008-09-12 Thread John Drescher
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Brian H. Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Justin Piszcz wrote: Hello, 1) Can not support .chm help files I am unable to use .chm files even when shared from a 'real' windows 2000 machine either. I believe the limitation is in the help file viewer, not in

Re: [Samba] Samba Shortfalls?

2008-09-12 Thread Adam Tauno Williams
On Sat, 2008-09-13 at 00:23 +1000, Tim Bates wrote: Justin Piszcz wrote: 1) Can not support .chm help files They're just files. In what way aren't they supported? Ditto. 2) Does not support locks for multi-user access to Access Access doesn't really support that either. But 2 staff at the

Re: [Samba] Samba Shortfalls?

2008-09-12 Thread John Drescher
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 11:35 AM, Adam Tauno Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 2008-09-13 at 00:23 +1000, Tim Bates wrote: Justin Piszcz wrote: 1) Can not support .chm help files They're just files. In what way aren't they supported? Ditto. This is a result of a security policy and