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From: "Alain M." <alainm@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: tcp/ip + samba + dosemu
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:10:34 -0300
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There is a file locking problem in FreeDOS which I believe that was=20
fixed, so i suggest:

1) use the latest FreeDOS kernel from http://fdos.org/kernel/
2) test with MS-DOS. The test you reffer to bellow was with which DOS?

The problem may not be in dosemu ;-)

Alain


Rafa=C5=82 Cygnarowski escreveu:
>>  > Now my problem is to get to those files in a safe way
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>>  > (which seems to be using smb client under dos - of course end poi=
nts run
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>>  > linux so dos have to run under dosemu).
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>>
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>>  Why is it not safe to run samba client under Linux? and doseemu on =
top
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>>  of that?
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> Locks are not "inherited". When dos under dosemu try to lock file or =
region
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> of file these locks are not passed to samba server.
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>>  > I have similar configurations already
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>>  > running, but I use Novell Netware (and MarsNW) with ipx and Novel=
l
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>>  > Client. Unfrotunatelly this time I can't use Novell and have to s=
olve
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>>  > dosemu to samba connectivity problem.
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>>
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>>  What go wrong if you use a linux-samba client on every machine and =
use
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>>  dosemu with lredir? Have you tried it?
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> I use http://www.burtonsys.com/download/TESTLOCK.ZIP for lock tests.=20
> Results of such solution are below:
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> test        result   (test description)
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> -------     -------  ------------------------------------------------=
-----
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> Test #1     Passed.  (Creating & modifying & deleting files)
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> Test #2     FAILED!  (Examining & modifying file attributes)
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> Test #3     FAILED!  (Enforced exclusive access, and share errors)
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> Test #4     Passed.  (Shared read access to files)
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> Test #5     FAILED!  (Shared modify access to files)
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> Test #6     Passed.  (File commit)
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> Test #7     FAILED!  (File region locking, and lock errors)
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> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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> Test #8     not run  (Adjacent region locks, and lock/write conflicts=
)
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> Test #9     Passed.  (Appending & verifying new file sizes [NT 3.5 bu=
g])
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> Test #10    Passed.  (Appending & verifying file sizes w/ closes)
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> Test #11    Passed.  (Appending & verifying file sizes w/ file commit=
s)
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> Semaphore   Passed.  (semaphore-file kludge)
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> Test #3-A   Passed.  (Enforced exclusive access & share errors, 2-ses=
sion)
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> Test #5&6-A FAILED!  (Shared modify access & file commit, 2-session)
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> Test #7-A   FAILED!  (File region locking, 2-session)
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> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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> The same test on the same resource with client directly connected to=20
> samba (eg. on XP) passes all tests.
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> --=20
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> Rafa=C5=82 Cygnarowski
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> rafi@pers.pl
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