Topic: Samba problems

[David McCoy]

I have finally set up e-smith correctly with all updates and add-ons (jukebox). I have installed samba 2.2.1a so that it can be the domain controller for a small windows 2000 network. Domain logons / printers / profiles and shared directories are working fine.

I was about to add the windows 2000 computers to the domain when I hit a *major* problem

I have installed my email programs (Turnpike 6 beta 6) files onto a directory on the server. The email program will not run from this or any directory on the server.

I have used the logs and custom templates to trace the problem to the email program locking its files with oplocks. When these are turned on (oplocks = on) it will run, but only *once*. I have discovered that kernel 2.2 in e-smith 4.1.2 will not synchronise the oplocks (in smb.conf ) (presumably deleting them when no longer needed).

Is there a way around this? Or will I have to wait for a new version of e-smith with kernel 2.4?

Unfortunately e-smith is perfect for everything else I want to do but it is now unusable. Can anyone help me?


David McCoy

[David McCoy]

After checking very carefully I think I have spotted the problem:

samba-2.2.1a-20010711rh71.i386.rpm
                                ^^^^^

Unfortunately when I downloaded the samba rpm I seem to have forgotten which version of redhat samba 4.1.2 is based on. I shall try the correct rpm and see if that fixes the problem

[David McCoy]

Problem fixed with samba 2.2.1a redhat 7.0 rpm

(I downloaded the wrong version because that was the one specified in the howto)

David McCoy

[Dan Brown]

At the time I wrote the howto, there wasn't a RedHat 7.0 version of 2.2.1a available.  The 7.1 version seemed to install just fine, so I used it.  I've updated the howto; thanks for the pointer!