File Sharing w/ Macs and PCs over a LAN: Locking?
Is there ANYWAY to configure Samba on OS X Server to dissallow a Mac and a PC to have the same word file open at the same time?
Hypothetical:
If a Mac user has a Word file open (which resides on a AFP share) and a 2nd Mac user tried to open it over the LAN, the 2 user's apps seems to "talk" to each other properly: "Hey, I'm using this file, come back later, or make a copy."
If 2 PCs are in the same scenario as above on a SMB share, Samba, Word XP and Windows seems to handle the problem OK. They notify each other and lock the file accordingly.
BUT:
If a Mac user has a Word file open, and a PC user tries to open the same file over the LAN (or visa versa), NOTHING is done by the apps (or file server) to stop them from both having the same file open at the same time!
My network has both Macs and PCs who will be sharing mutual shares on my OS X Server via both AFP and SMB. What can I do to prevent this problem? Is it an application problem? An OS X Server problem? A Samba problem? a file system problem?
Hypothetical:
If a Mac user has a Word file open (which resides on a AFP share) and a 2nd Mac user tried to open it over the LAN, the 2 user's apps seems to "talk" to each other properly: "Hey, I'm using this file, come back later, or make a copy."
If 2 PCs are in the same scenario as above on a SMB share, Samba, Word XP and Windows seems to handle the problem OK. They notify each other and lock the file accordingly.
BUT:
If a Mac user has a Word file open, and a PC user tries to open the same file over the LAN (or visa versa), NOTHING is done by the apps (or file server) to stop them from both having the same file open at the same time!
My network has both Macs and PCs who will be sharing mutual shares on my OS X Server via both AFP and SMB. What can I do to prevent this problem? Is it an application problem? An OS X Server problem? A Samba problem? a file system problem?