From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 15 1:59: 0 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.169.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07EEB37B405 for ; Wed, 15 Aug 2001 01:58:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedm.placo.com (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.168.154]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f7F8wib32700; Wed, 15 Aug 2001 01:58:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Chris Fedde" , "Bsd Newbie" Cc: Subject: RE: goldmine database storage on a freebsd server? Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 01:58:44 -0700 Message-ID: <002301c12568$7ce82660$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: <200108150635.f7F6Zt493492@fedde.littleton.co.us> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Chris Fedde >Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 11:36 PM >To: Bsd Newbie >Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Re: goldmine database storage on a freebsd server? > > >On Tue, 14 Aug 2001 23:12:04 -0700 (PDT) Bsd Newbie wrote: > +------------------ > | I read something on frontrange's site about storing a goldmine database on > | a linux server, I was wondering it it's possible to store the databae on a > | FreeBSD server and have each machine access it. > +------------------ > >As long as the goldmine file is just a file then it can be shared >among windows users with Samba. > Not so fast, there. Goldmine and other file-based databases implement what they call DOS-based file locking where it's not just a simple file open and close going on here. Samba shares aren't the perfect place for these kinds of icky files. Many people have had success sharing Microsoft Access *.mdb files on Samba by doing the following: chmod 777 the subdirectory that the *.mdb file is in all Samba users must be in a group on FreeBSD that has ownership and writable access to the *.mdb file The Access client cannot open the database in Exclusive Access mode oplocks must be shut off I can't say that this will or won't work for Goldmine. YMMV. Samba handles DOS locking modes internally but it's not DOS. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message