Change SMB settings (sharepoint, status, etc.) with Server Admin

Hi. Big problems with Server Admin to administer SMB service with Mac OS X Server 10.5.2.
When you share a sharepoint, you set the enable oplocks and enable strict locking as you want and when you save, all your settings disappear. Fix with modifying directly /etc/smb.conf.

Worse. My server "B" is connected to an ODM "A". No problem with Open Directory / Kerberos except when I try to bind the SMB Service to the PDC. When you choose Domain Member, the setting is automatically reverted to Standalone (nothing's visible in the log with the status change). When you choose Latin 1 850, the setting goes back to Latin US 437.

I'm lost.

Any experience ?

Best regards.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on Mar 6, 2008 6:16 AM

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May 26, 2008 6:44 AM in response to Franck Sartori

I have a Leopard Server 10.5.2 and it's a PDC. Same problem with strict locking and Code Page Latin US 437.

Doing many tests I found this solution to the code page problem that seem to be a sync problem of the Server Admin.

Try this but remember to do a backup of your files!!

To change the SMB Code Page, modify the smb service default configuration file:

sudo pico /System/Library/CoreServices/SmbFileServer.bundle/Resources/ServerDefaults.plis t

Set:
<key>DOSCodePage</key>
<string>CP437</string>
To:
<key>DOSCodePage</key>
<string>CP850</string>

Save in pico with ctrl+x and Restart SMB Service in server admin.

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