Identifying who has a record locked on Windows network

Boaz Bezborodko boaz at mirrotek.com
Wed Jul 25 11:00:06 PDT 2007


> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:25:11 -0400
> From: Walter Vaughan <wvaughan at steelerubber.com>
> Subject: Re: Identifying who has a record locked on Windows network
> To: filePro <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
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> Don Coleman wrote:
>   
>> Of course, the Dir.
>> Of IT feels this is just another filePro liability.  It never happens with
>> their in-house SQL-developed applications.
>>     
>
> And the showlock tools that have existed for years would work if you were using 
> a *nix like OS for the server instead of Windows.
>
> Its not a fault of filePro. It's the fault that a windows network version of 
> filePro ever saw light of day.
>
> Right tool, wrong application of said tool.
>   
This raises a question.  Can you use Showlock on a Samba server that is 
serving Filepro Windows?  Or is the problem related to the SMB structure 
that Windows uses?

Boaz


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