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Re: [seul-edu] File Space on a Samba Server ... for Jon
It is a workable solution, although the generally accepted solution would be
better ........
let me try on the exact steps ....
samba 1.9.18p10 on redhat 5.2
clients are accessing form WinNT Workstation 4.0 sp3/4
relevant part of smb.conf ....
[homes]
comment = %U's Files
browseable = no
writable = yes
scenario ....
1) a user double clicks on network neighborhood
2) double clicks on the samba server
3) their directory appears BUT when they right click/propeties on it
they get an error message "The server <servername> does not accept remote
requests" and an information box shows but with nothing on directory size.
Attempted workarounds
1) map the offending directory
2) go to mycomputer/mappeddirectory and either a) show details or b)
right click on the mapped directory ... both instances produce no error
message but dreadfully incorrect information (0 megs used 3.96 gigs
free!!??!!! when there is actually 32 megs used in the directory)
(Un!?)acceptable workaround
1) open the offending directory
2) select all/right click/properties and a summary of directory size
appears ...
Let me know if this is clear ....
Mike
Mike Wohlgemuth wrote:
>
> Well, an ex-student who we hired to help me part time, showed me
> "immediately" what to do ....
>
> open up the user's folder, select all, select properties and it gives you
> the users directory size ....
>
> gosh ... kids are great!!!!!
>
> Mike
>
> At 16:03 3/28/00 -0500, you wrote:
> >I am using the version of Samba that came with Redhat 6.0. When I right
> >clicked/properties on a mapped drive, I think what is being returned is all
> >the used space in the whole hard drive partition and all the free space in
> >the whole partition.
> >
> >About the only suggestion I can offer is to have each user create a
> >directory and allocate all files and directories under this "root
> >equivalent" directory. When right clicking/properties on this directory, I
> >think the space utilization will be correct.
> >
> >Mark Orenstein
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: owner-seul-edu@seul.org [mailto:owner-seul-edu@seul.org]On Behalf
> >Of Mike Wohlgemuth
> >Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 7:36 AM
> >To: seul-edu@seul.org
> >Subject: Re: [seul-edu] File Space on a Samba Server
> >
> >
> >Well, I am at school now and right clicking on the mapped sharename gives me
> >an
> >incorrect directory size ...
> >
> >Maybe I will try to upgrade like Kevin suggested. Before I do so, has anyone
> >tried this on a newer version of samba (I am running 1.9.18p10 --- see
> >below)?
> >
> >
> >Mike
> >
> >Mark Orenstein wrote:
> >>
> >> I don't know whether this will help, but from a W98 machine, if I right
> >> click/properties on a sharename (by expanding Network Neighborhood), then
> >I
> >> do not get any space information. On the other hand, if I map the
> >sharename
> >> to a "drive letter" and then from Windows Explorer, right
> >click/properties,
> >> then I will get space utilization information (however, it seems to be
> >> truncated to 2Gigs). I'm testing this at home using a W98/W95 peer
> >network.
> >> I'll try it tomorrow with Samba at work.
> >>
> >> Mark Orenstein
> >> East Granby, CT School System
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: owner-seul-edu@seul.org [mailto:owner-seul-edu@seul.org]On Behalf
> >> Of Mike Wohlgemuth
> >> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 2:41 PM
> >> To: seul-edu@seul.org
> >> Subject: [seul-edu] File Space on a Samba Server
> >>
> >> Hi all ... I am trying to find an "easy" way for users to know how much
> >> directory space they are using from a Win Nt workstation.
> >>
> >> Here is the scenario ... a samba server (1.9.18p10) that shares users home
> >> directories.
> >> The relevant part of smb.conf is
> >>
> >> [homes]
> >> comment = %U's Files
> >> browseable = no
> >> writable = yes
> >>
> >> when the user right clicks on her folder, and selects properties, from a
> >> workstation (all are NT 4.0) she gets the dialog "The server does not
> >accept
> >> remote requests" . If she goes inside of her directory and right clicks
> >and
> >> selects properties on a folder, then she gets all relevant information.
> >>
> >> How do I make it so that she can also see the properties on her folder?
> >>
> >> Mike
> >>
> >> --
> >> Mike Wohlgemuth
> >>
> >> Technology Coordinator
> >> Mathematics Teacher
> >> SAIL High School
> >> Tallahassee, Fla.
> >>
> >> mikE wohlgemutH > shred@m21.sail.leon.k12.fl.us
> >> sail higH schooL > http://www.sail.leon.k12.fl.us/
> >>
> >> Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they
> >> translate into their own language, and forthwith it is something
> >> entirely different.
> >> -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
> >
> >--
> >Mike Wohlgemuth
> >
> >Technology Coordinator
> >Mathematics Teacher
> >SAIL High School
> >Tallahassee, Fla.
> >
> >mikE wohlgemutH > shred@m21.sail.leon.k12.fl.us
> >sail higH schooL > http://www.sail.leon.k12.fl.us/
> >
> >Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they
> >translate into their own language, and forthwith it is something
> >entirely different.
> > -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
> >
> >
> mikE wohlgemutH
>
> A debugged program is one for which you have not yet found the conditions
> that make it fail.
> -- Jerry Ogdin
>
> http://m67.sail.leon.k12.fl.us/~shred
> matH departmenT heaD
> technologY coordinatoR
> sail higH schooL---->
> shred@m21.sail.leon.k12.fl.us
> http://m67.sail.leon.k12.fl.us
--
Mike Wohlgemuth
Technology Coordinator
Mathematics Teacher
SAIL High School
Tallahassee, Fla.
mikE wohlgemutH > shred@m21.sail.leon.k12.fl.us
sail higH schooL > http://www.sail.leon.k12.fl.us/
Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they
translate into their own language, and forthwith it is something
entirely different.
-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe