File locking help

brentb · Guest

I have an interesting issue that hopefully someone can provide some insight
to. I have 2 shares on a 2003 server (share1 and share2). Share2 sits within
the directory structure of share1. If a user maps directly to share2, it's as
if file locking is disabled. All office files within this tree are able to be
edited by multiple users simultaneously. However if the users map to share1
and browse to the folder that is shared as share2 the files are locked as
they should be. What is more interesting is if a user mapped to share2 opens
a file, it is locked to another user mapped to share2, however a user mapped
to share1 is able to edit the same document. The client OS and office
versions do not seem to make a difference. The users are all running windows
XP and a combination of Office XP & 2003 and I have reproduced it on a
machine running Vista and office 2007.

Although he has not done a good job of explaining the need for this
heirarchy, the tech responsible for this directory structure has assured me
that it is required. Can anyone explain the file locking mechanism and offer
any insight as to what could be causing this?