Subject: Samba/Netatalk???
From: Sean Phelan (sphelan@chireader.com)
Date: Tue Oct 03 2000 - 14:39:50 EDT
Okay, here is the situation. We are trying to replace an old novell server
with a linux box running netatalk/samba. We are a newspaper that relies
heavily on Quark 3.32 - 4.11 running on both Macs and PCs. Generally,
editorial uses windows machines (95,98,NT) and Quark to create the
content/listings. When finished, they tell the production people to make
it look pretty using Quark on Macs (8.1 - 9.04).
So, I set up a new dell (PIII 700 256RAM 3COM 905c) running Redhat 6.0 with
the 2.2.16 kernel. I am using samba 2.0.7 and netatalk pre-asun2.1.4-37b
with FLOCKS.
Here are the problems that we are having:
1. Macs cannot open any quark file that is created on a pc. They are told
that the file is locked. They are able to open a copy of the file once I
make a copy of it via the linux command line. NOTE: Sometimes when they
try to open the file and it tells them it is locked, the file is somehow
deleted. I thought is was something with samba so I looked into how they
lock files. I have turned oplocks off.
2. Lastly, macs 8.6 and above still are unable to keep a connection.
They are constantly getting disconnected.
Any direction is much appreciated. Unforunately if I cant get this to work
ASAP, we might have to look elsewhere for solutions(windows 2000).
Thanks in advance
Sean Phelan
Chicago Reader
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