[OpenAFS] Windows file locking do not work on IFS client.

Jeffrey Altman jaltman@your-file-system.com
Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:15:34 -0400


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On 9/28/2011 10:06 AM, Anders Magnusson wrote:
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> Environment:
> Server:  OpenAFS 1.4.12.1, Redhat 5.3
> Client: Windows 7, OpenAFS 1.7.1
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> It seems that file locking has stopped working in the new client,
> resulting in data corruption :-/
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> Simple test case:
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> - Have two Win7 clients
> - Open a .xlsx document in Office 2010 on one of them.
> - Open the same document on the second machine.  No complaints.
> - Write something in the document on the first machine, save it and qui=
t.
> - Write something in the document on the second machine, save it and qu=
it.
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> The first thing written is now gone.
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> Setting EnableServerLocks to 2 do not help.  The document just does not=

> seem to be locked.
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> If a file is opened with an older SMB client then the IFS client
> understands it, and tells that
> it is locked on the Win7 machine.
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> Any hints?  Something missed to be configured?

Unlikely that you missed anything.  The question is whether or not the
lock request is being passed onto the service.

This would be a bug.  Please file bugs to openafs-info@openafs.org.

Jeffrey Altman


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