Thanks for the info. The client has an on-site admin who has done the switch. We pretty much already decided that "share mode" should be left on, and that for max reliability "oplocks" (opportunistic locking) should be left off.

We've worked around the issue so there isn't a huge push on to resolve it. Thanks anyways.

>I took a quick peek at the samba docs and found:
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>share modes
>...
>This option gives full share compatibility and enabled by default.
>You should *NEVER* turn this parameter off as many Windows applications will break if you do so.
>Default: share modes = yes
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>Check /user/local/samba/lib/smb.conf (or where ever it is) and see if someone was "helpful" and turned if off.
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>If that dosn't help, either e-mail or post the whole config file. I will need to know which version you are running, I think some of the older ones had different defaults.
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>Carl
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>>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?