confusion with file server

patrickv

patrickv

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Now i have this file server, those IBM netvista computers with server 2003 standard.
There's a shared folder with only access and excel files.
Somehow for some reason, after a period of time, only one file gets lock.
It's an access file and nobody is using it. the file name let's say is 12345.mdb, after like 10-15 mins a 12345.ldb appears, ldb is a locked database, but no one is using the file.

I checked the shared folder session and open files but it's not included in the list.

wtf is causing that ?
i can delete the file on the server itself ... but haven't made a user himself try deleting it.....

any ideas ??!! :mad::mad:

edit : i noted that ever since i moved onto the domain that this started happening
 
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Whenever you open an Access database, a file with the same name as the database and an extension of LDB will be opened automatically. For example if you open Northwind.mdb in the samples directory of your Access/Office installation, a file called Northwind.ldb will be generated. This new file keeps track of users and the objects that require some form of locking in the database. When all users have exited gracefully from the database, the LDB file is closed down and deleted.
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Hope that helps.

Best Regards,
Francisco
 
Francisck said:
Hope that helps.

Best Regards,
Francisco
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i know an ldb is generated do to use of a database being open , that is totally normal, but like i mention that there wasn't any one accessing the file, the LDB just pops up out of nowhere, that's what am trying to figure out
 
well today i decided to remove the server from the domain and to my surprise it works.
strange i don't know how a domain can cause such :confused:
 
Must be a policy from your domain, or when you bind it to your AD (I assume you are Active Directory), perhaps something or someone else in that domain is accessing that file, or the permissions are getting hosed by the domain.

Try opening it and saving it but rename it after joining the domain and see what happens.
 
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