Re: [Fwd: Re: Samba and kernel oplocks - Smbmount]

[Stephen Lee <splee@plexio.com>]

On Thu, 2002-08-29 at 11:54, Bart Oldeman wrote:
> FreeDOS kernels before ~2026 did not translate
> --------D-215C-------------------------------
> INT 21 - DOS 3.0+ - "FLOCK" - RECORD LOCKING
> into
> --------N-2F110A-----------------------------
> INT 2F CU - NETWORK REDIRECTOR (DOS 4.0+) - LOCK/UNLOCK REGION OF FILE
> 
> That was the problem - the redirector interface is a relatively recent
> addition to FreeDOS. DR-DOS should not have this bug.
> 
> I suspect that the way that DOSEMU tries to implement DOS locking
> techniques is not compatible with mandatory locking on the Samba Unix
> side.
Thanks for explaining the complexities. A few more questions:

1. Does that mean Sergey's hack to mfs.c is not a permanent solution?
I've made the changes but am waiting for my Foxpro users to test it.

2. Is using smbmount to access the Foxpro files from Dosemu a valid way
to get around the locking problem? I suspect it will be slower but
anything else?

Thanks again.
Stephen