Dear Carl D. Blake,

Once you wrote about "Why can't amanda backup open samba files?":
> Would somebody explain why amanda can't backup Windows files over SAMBA
> that are open?  I'm confused by this because I know that multiple people
> can open a file on a Windows share over a network (or at least I thought
> they could).  If multiple people can open a file on a Windows share, why
> can't amanda open and read that same file even though it's open?

If everyone opens the file for reading, then it's OK.  But if someone
opens the file for writing, you will, most probably, run into all sorts
of different problems, starting with "Permission denied" errors and
ending at corrupted contents.  Good luck. :)

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Best regards,
  Leonid Mamtchenkov, RHCE
  System Administrator
  Francoudi & Stephanou Ltd.