Openoffice, SAMBA and CIFS client

[Jordi Ferrando Fabra]

I have a long standing issue regarding Openoffice, SAMBA and CIFS.

Here is my scenario:

- I am the administrator of a network in a small development company 15 
employees
- We installed 4 years ago a linux server for file sharing (samba) to 
replace the ageing WNT server, that has gradually added new services: 
email (postfix), mysql and firebird databases, iptables firewall, dns 
server, dhcp server, etc
- All of the developers use W2000 and WXP desktops, but I have a kubuntu 
7.10 desktop in a powerfull dual core, 4GB RAM machine with VMWare 
workstation to run virtualized W2000 and other linux images.

I configured CIFS to access the SAMBA shares in the kubuntu 7.10 server 
(the server is really a desktop), and I mount it at boot-up using an 
script that does:

mount -t cifs //espada.netplc.com/datos /home/jferrando/espada -o 
credentials=/etc/smbc.jordi,iocharset=utf8

The CIFS filesystem works fine, but: Openoffice does not lock files 
properly. It worked decent in kubuntu 7.04, but after upgrading to 7.10 
the situation that I have is that I can open r/w a file in the server, 
but when I create a new file and try to save it in the server (the file 
does not exist yet) I get an I/O error.

After a hard and long struggle, I managed to have some decent locking 
capability by adding the options to my samba server:

/etc/samba/smb.conf
...
kernel oplocks = no
...
[datos]
   comment = Directorio datos NETPLC/INTRANSYS
   path = /datos
   read only = No
   browseable = yes
   guest ok = no
   printable = no

   create mask = 0770                   #Esta es una máscara - Quita los 
permisos de o+rwx, pero no añade
                                        #Permisos a user ni group
   force create mode = 0770             #Añade permisos a los ficheros 
creados

   directory mask = 2770                #Análogo a create mask pero para 
directorios
   force directory mode = 2770          #Añade permisos a los 
directorios creados

   security mask = 0000                 # 0s = security bits that user 
is NOT allowed to change
                                        # 1s = security bits that user 
is allowed to change
   force security mode = 2770           # Bits that are always set ON 
when modifying the security of a file

   directory security mask = 0000       #Análogo a security mask para 
directorios
   force directory security mode = 2770

   oplocks = yes
   share modes = yes
   locking = yes
   strict locking = no
   blocking locks = no

Anyone of you in my situation?

-- 
*Jordi Ferrando Fabra*
*Director Técnico* * NETPLC*

Camino Viejo Castellón-Onda SN
12540 Vila-real (Castellón) España
Tlf: (+34) 964 506 174 Fax: (+34) 964 506 173
http://www.netplc.com <http://www.netplc.com/>
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