Offline Files do not work

[regisdenice]

Offline files do not work

Details:

• I followed the Windows 7 Tutorial on a Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64
• I am able to reach files (CRUD) from the SMB server (over SSH) - Thanks :smiley: :+1:
• But I cannot make work the offline file

Reproducing error: Given that my Window Explorer is open on the remote SMB folder Given that I right-clicked a folder and selected "Always available offline" When I click on Sync Center > View sync partnerships > Sync Then I get errors for all files : "The process cannot access the file because this file is in use by another process"

Can you make it work on your side ? Did I forget something ?

[jjkeijser]

This is the first time I've used the 'offline file' feature; on Windows 11 Ent it works fine , when connecting to a non-Samba share. Can you check whether it works for you when you're connected directly to the share (i.e. not using cifs-over-ssh) ?

It might very well be that you need to enable opportunistic locking in Samba for offline files to work.

I cannot test this with Windows 7 easily, as that OS has been obsoleted several years ago.

[regisdenice]

You were indeed right @jjkeijser :smiley: :+1: the problem was on the server side.

The problem did not come from cifs-over-ssh but from my Samba server. The Samba server was configured to do not allow remote client to shadow files. It's a pretty weird default feature, but so be it.

On my Samba server I changed the default SMB settings to:

• Enable Opportunistic Locking (the client can better cache file contents and avoid small read/write overhead)
• Enable SMB durable handles (allows users to restore lost SMB2 connection after temporary disconnection)
• Synchronize data to drive immediately upon SMB client request (immediately when requested by SMB clients)

Thank you :white_heart: