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Windows 7 and Offline files STILL not working.
There have been many posts on this forum for months now, bemoaning the malfunctioning offline files feature when using Windows 7 (ie trying to sync brings up thousands of errors informing that files a...
SUCCESS! I have my Windows 7 machines synchronizing offline files with the default home directories created automatically by the ReadyNAS. Here is what I did to make it work:
- Install the SSH root access add-on, and login as root to the ReadyNAS via SSH
- Edit the Samba configuration, adding the following lines to the [global] section of /etc/samba/smb.conf using the vi editor:
oplocks = 1
level2 oplocks = 1
kernel oplocks = 0
create mask = 777
map archive = 1
map system = 1
map hidden = 1 - Restart the Samba service:
/etc/init.d/samba restart <enter>
- Add the following DWORD values to the registry of the W7 clients desiring offline files to ReadyNAS shares:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\NetCache\RoundUpWriteTimeOnSync = 1
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\mrxsmb\OplocksDisabled = 0
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\LanmanServer\Parameters\EnableOplocks = 1
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\LanmanWorkstation\Parameters\EnableOplocks = 1 - Close the registry editor, reboot, then go select the folder(s) on your modified ReadyNAS that you wish to sync for offline use.
References:
The Storage Team at Microsoft - File Cabinet Blog: Using Offline Files with Samba / EMC Servers, & NAS Devices
http://blogs.technet.com/b/filecab/archive/2007/03/16/using-offline-files-with-samba-emc-servers-nas-devices.aspx
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