From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 20 09:17:47 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D62FD106567C for ; Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:17:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from valentin.bud@gmail.com) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.172]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A31D38FC25 for ; Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:17:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from valentin.bud@gmail.com) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 24so1655621wfg.7 for ; Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:17:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=qMB2oEECCl2L+uYK4s5ipnTkbmnojn8Rr+pNQcvogq8=; b=lCs2cByDW6SCUNHSED8AiqpMNUTxz4k1mUriusRF+LUUScz7tAd2oQmEqBpLlvk4iL VUf8ToYSXA1kpdBxsAEilE061UD9dA01bXIo174L0vYHG39jiN3lgTGCV/m4/LNuJEwD Pnh/TQnAlO6h0SQxah3fXU2RhWaqO5EkZcHDg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:references; b=nX7jXMSsBqrAaXLmFcWZ9KzjjuiKwDVS7q0tE4TaArIxTdzZc9ZVN7+KRifUc8VnJk mgsxZxNLfPGlrlcMJLqReNapTlCL0IlPZhY5oN/zoIbBv/G2wAZXrKgzlN2XCUz6ptFH qXTeHAr7LqlIonuy0DG8vRPJOn2bXgLYT2/O0= Received: by 10.142.215.5 with SMTP id n5mr2952731wfg.27.1224494267009; Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:17:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.154.10 with HTTP; Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:17:46 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <139b44430810200217g201ed746sf04e6664cde355a9@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:17:46 +0200 From: "Valentin Bud" To: "Odhiambo Washington" In-Reply-To: <991123400810200203t981a306l260152602c3648fc@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <48F8A258.2060407@esiee.fr> <20081017174145.L10784@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <1960fb140810170913s237f7295jd5e192f1745c9dcb@mail.gmail.com> <48FC3F66.9080507@esiee.fr> <139b44430810200133o1241cf4w997fddbc4dd7492d@mail.gmail.com> <991123400810200203t981a306l260152602c3648fc@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Frank Bonnet , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, charlie@cpsoftware.com Subject: Re: Installing Samba : FreeBSD Vs Linux ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:17:48 -0000 Hello list, On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 11:33 AM, Valentin Bud > wrote: > > hello list, > > a little story about samba and FreeBSD. > > I had to make a file server for a company that uses a program for > > accounting. that software works with lots of files to do the job. > > > > the software admin told me that the permissions should be very open on > the > > directories and files > > so i made them 0777. the software worked like a charm for about 2 months > but > > after that > > at some point the client couldn't access the files on the samba server. > > The files were there with the correct permissions but the software > refused > > to access them with > > an error that they don't exist. I've tried to debug samba but couldn't > find > > a clue, i have updated > > FreeBSD because i thought that the problem is with seekdir because the > > software was usign lot of files > > and directories. That didn't solve the problem either. > > I have searched the web for a guidance but couldn't find any. The > > interesting part comes when > > the company decided to change the OS to openSUSE. That did the trick. So > > first > > thing that comes in mind is that FreeBSD + samba + that accounting > software > > just don't work together. > > I didn't had the chance to debug it as i should because they needed a fix > > ASAP. > > > > I have always used FreeBSD for web/file/VoIP server and never had a > problem. > > I even have a FBSD > > box that server as a file server and there are lots of files and 10 depth > > directories and it works like a charm. > > > > I have no conclusions, is just a story of my own to help you make an > > opinion. > > > > Are you using the same samba config file from FreeBSD on OpenSUSE? > Do you mind showing us that smb.conf. Unfortunately i didn't configured the OpenSUSE server so i don't have access to the box. AFAIK the configuration is the same. Standard samba config file just changing the netbios name and adding the shares. In the next few weeks i will be able to access the box and i will come back with the both setups. I forgot to mention that i used FBSD 6.2. all the best, v > > > -- > Best regards, > Odhiambo WASHINGTON, > Nairobi,KE > +254733744121/+254722743223 > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > > "Oh My God! They killed init! You Bastards!" > --from a /. post >