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Linux/Samba & FOXUSER.DBF
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From
01/09/1999 16:57:24
Al Doman (Online)
M3 Enterprises Inc.
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
 
 
To
01/09/1999 10:52:07
Jerry Tovar
Dana Corporation Dana It
Maumee, Ohio, United States
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
FoxPro 2.x
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00259941
Message ID:
00260359
Views:
13
>>I have a client that has just switched from an NT server to a Linux/Samba server. They are using an FPD 2.5 app. This app requires the use of a specific FOXUSER.DBF by all users - it contains printer driver setups, etc.
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>>Under NT we seemed to be able to share this file; under Linux/Samba we haven't had much luck. Can any Linux/Samba expert recommend sharing settings for FOXUSER.* or tell me if this is even possible?
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>If you mark the foxuser.dbf and foxuser.fpt files as READ-ONLY, through either DOS or Windows Explorer, you can then share the same foxuser resource file between multiple Foxpro session.
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>Jerryt

Tried that - didn't work (at least on the Linux/Samba box).
Regards. Al

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