Openoffice, SAMBA and CIFS client

[Jordi Ferrando Fabra]

It worked, I configured SMBFS <Config><Samba><Mount> with the settings:

Linux character set: utf-8
server character set: cp850

And now I can see all the accents!

Thanks Sinclair!

Jordi Ferrando Fabra wrote:
> 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?
>>>       

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