Re: setdriver fails with WERR_ACCESS_DENIED -- possibly it's the"use client driver = yes"

2003-03-20 Thread John Gerth
trator set such default characteristics as duplexing, paper size, etc. whereas with local drivers, one has to set them on each client machine. -- John Gerth [EMAIL PROTECTED] (650) 725-3273 fax 723-0033 *** from man smb.conf use client driver (S) This

Re: XP slow to print to Samba 3.0 alpha21 server...another data pointfrom 2.2.7

2002-12-20 Thread John Gerth
mins" in the NT domain because we're a research lab and folks are always mucking with the machines. I seem to remember an earlier thread about poor print performance that had a component related to privileged vs. unprivileged users although I thought it was privilegd users who had the performance problem. -- John Gerth [EMAIL PROTECTED] (650) 725-3273 fax 723-0033

Re: [Samba] oplocks and share modes

2002-10-24 Thread John Gerth
Ok, as promised, a brief explaination of oplocks, share modes and locking. When a client opens a file it can request an "oplock" or file lease. This is (to simplify a bit) a guarentee that no one else has the file open simultaneously. It allows the client to not send any updates on the file to the