Samba hasn't stored spinlocks for a long time.... (At least since I've used it!) It does use fcntl locks... But those are a different beast. I agree, your local TDB files in CTDB should be local. Thanks, -Ira ----- Original Message ----- > Are you using CTDB on a shared gluster volume instead of TDB on a local > volume which is samba default. > > If not this may explain your issue because Samba stores or at least did ate > one time store spinlocks in the TDB for speed. > > > > -- Sent from my HP Pre3 > > > On Jan 23, 2014 10:31, Adrian Valeanu <Adrian.Valeanu@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > I try to replicate some data that resides on two CentOS servers. The > replicated data should be shared using Samba to the users. It should be > avoided that two users > try to work on the same file using MS Office. If the users access the same > file on one server, one of them is not able to modify the file. This is > possible (and the normal operation) > if one uses one server with Samba. I assumed that this kind of lock would be > replicated too. > I did not knew about libgfapi and have not used it yesterday. I used the fuse > mounted directory as data source for Samba. > Yesterday night I updated both CentOS servers. They are CentOS 6.5 now. Now > locking does not happen at all any more. After you mentioned libgfapi I > found this: > https://www.mail-archive.com/gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx/msg13033.html > I managed to compile the module and switched to samba-glusterfs-vfs. But I > still have no locking > My Samba configuration looks like this: > [glusterdata-vfs] > vfs object = glusterfs > glusterfs:volume = gv0 > path = / > glusterfs:loglevel = 2 > glusterfs:logfile = /var/log/samba/glusterdata-vfs.log > read only = no > browseable = yes > guest ok = no > printable = no > nt acl support = yes > acl map full control = yes > Thank you for your attention. > > > >>> Lalatendu Mohanty <lmohanty@xxxxxxxxxx> 22.01.2014 16:10 >>> > > > On 01/22/2014 08:30 PM, Adrian Valeanu wrote: > > > > Hi, > I have set up glusterfs 3.4.2 over an 10Gig xfs filesystem on two CentOS 6 > servers. The gluster filesystem is shared through Samba on both servers. > Replication is working like a charm but file locking is not. Is it possible > to have file locking working in this configuration in an way that Microsoft > Office 2010 > behaves like as if the files were on the same server? Does somebody have such > an configuration? > I tried a lot of the Samba configurations found on the mailing list but none > showed the expected results. > > Are you using Samba with libgfapi? I am not sure if I understand your > expectation on locking through Samba. Some more context would be nice. > > -Lala > > > > Thank you > > > _______________________________________________ > Gluster-users mailing list Gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://supercolony.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users > > > _______________________________________________ > Gluster-users mailing list > Gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://supercolony.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users _______________________________________________ Gluster-users mailing list Gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx http://supercolony.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users
