Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 01:58:44 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Chris Fedde" <chris@fedde.littleton.co.us>, "Bsd Newbie" <bsdneophyte@yahoo.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: goldmine database storage on a freebsd server? Message-ID: <002301c12568$7ce82660$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <200108150635.f7F6Zt493492@fedde.littleton.co.us>
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>-----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
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