Filepro and Samba

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 06:31:32PM -0500, Brian K. White wrote:
> >On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 05:41:15PM -0500, Fairlight wrote:
> >>No offense, nothing at all personal, and I say this with the sole intent 
> >>of
> >>trying to prevent you from digging a hole for yourself as I've seen 
> >>others
> >>do over the years.
> >
> >But if you *do* dig yourself a hole, my number's in the sig; I'm sure
> >Mark will quote you a rate on request, too.  :-)
> >
> >That said, there is one point I don't think Mark made: "is Linux a
> >better choice than Windows as a server OS for the things it can do?"
> >
> >Whoa, yeah.  Hands down.
> 
> Aren't there file lock behaiour options you need to change from the stock 
> defaults in samba for windows filepro to work ok?

I believe opportunistic locking may default differently than some apps
would prefer, yes.  Peachtree was a particular culprit.

Cheers,
-- jra
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