Openoffice, SAMBA and CIFS client

[Jordi Ferrando Fabra]

I tried smb4k in the past, but I had the problem of the client not being 
able to interpret properly the files with international characters (áèñç...)

O. Sinclair wrote:
> For a very long time I have had the "opposite" issue- not being able to 
> open files on a Win2003 server using OpenOffice without more tinkering 
> than I can remember.
>
> The solution finally presented itself with Kubuntu 7.10, a newer version 
> of smb4k that sorted all my problems. So in other words - did you try smb4K?
>
> Sinclair
>
> Jordi Ferrando Fabra wrote:
>   
>> 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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