[ILUG] btrieve, TAS Books 3, SAMBA 2.2.1a

[kevin lyda]

On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 11:42:49AM +0000, Pearse Stokes wrote:
> Our first attempt to use TAS Books 3 failed. We decided to try to enter 
> orders on three different pc's and brought the accounts package down around 
> our ears. Multiple Btrieve errors etc.
> 
> However, our shared M$ Acce$$ database backend works fine. So too with the 
> M$ Outlook. Problems only with the Btrieve end of TAS books 3.
> 
> Google does show up some stuff, but mostly questions and few answers. I see 
> mention where someone said he'd change 'blocking locks = true' to false. 
> However, I'm a newbie, and since this guy never posted the outcome of his 
> efforts, I'm loath to mess around.

google more!  :)  i found this, which seems pretty newbie friendly and
on topic:

    http://www.pastel.co.za/pebble.asp?relid=512&p=13

it might also be a good idea to subscribe to the samba list since
you seem to be using samba in a production environment - and ask the
question there too.  no doubt they'll have very good understanding of
the issues involved.  i get the impression from skimming that the option
you mention will work but that there are performance issues.

as an aside, how do admins in production linux environments keep up with
the systems they manage.  for instance, if you have servers running the
foo, bar, and floyd packages, do you subscribe to their mailing lists?
do you look for sevices like kernel traffic?  do you depend on your
linux distro vendor - can they package info like that for your setup
(i.e. can they just send signal, or is their noise level similar to a
normal mailing list?)

kevin

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