RPC error on Windows NT4.0 clients
Cheng-Jih Chen
cjc at cjc.org
Sat Dec 11 15:46:35 GMT 1999
Hi, I'd appreciate any help. I'm getting this odd error when I add in
a new samba share to the existing ones on a machine. The error seems
to affect some of my NT clients, yielding a message "A remote procedure
call (RPC) protocol error occurred." This does not happen to all my NT
clients, nor does it seem to affect smbclient on my other samba server.
The samba server is running 2.0.6 and linux kernel 2.2.12-6 (Redhat 6.0).
The NT clients that have failed are all NT4.0, ranging from SP4, SP5
and SP6. The NT clients have have successfully connected are similar;
I don't see anything that distinguishes between them. The NT clients
that fail also fail consistently. There's nothing off and on about the
failure: if I take out the new entry, it's OK, and if I put it back in,
the same clients that failed before will fail again. The smbclient that
was able to connect is from a 2.0.0 samba on a Solaris 2.6 sparc box.
The logs are unremarkable:
# tail log.nmb
[1999/12/11 10:28:43, 0] nmbd/nmbd.c:sig_term(67)
Got SIGTERM: going down...
[1999/12/11 10:28:44, 1] nmbd/nmbd.c:main(747)
Netbios nameserver version 2.0.6 started.
Copyright Andrew Tridgell 1994-1998
[1999/12/11 10:31:09, 0] nmbd/nmbd.c:sig_term(67)
Got SIGTERM: going down...
[1999/12/11 10:31:10, 1] nmbd/nmbd.c:main(747)
Netbios nameserver version 2.0.6 started.
Copyright Andrew Tridgell 1994-1998
# tail log.smb
Copyright Andrew Tridgell 1992-1998
[1999/12/11 10:27:30, 1] smbd/server.c:main(643)
smbd version 2.0.6 started.
Copyright Andrew Tridgell 1992-1998
[1999/12/11 10:28:44, 1] smbd/server.c:main(643)
smbd version 2.0.6 started.
Copyright Andrew Tridgell 1992-1998
[1999/12/11 10:31:10, 1] smbd/server.c:main(643)
smbd version 2.0.6 started.
Copyright Andrew Tridgell 1992-1998
Here's the output of testparm. The newly added share that caused some
of my clients to fail is the [CVS] one.
Load smb config files from /etc/smb.conf
Loaded services file OK.
WARNING: You have some share names that are longer than 8 chars
These may give errors while browsing or may not be accessible
to some older clients
Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions
# Global parameters
[global]
workgroup = RANDOMWALK
netbios name =
netbios aliases =
server string = Penguin - Linux Samba Server
interfaces =
bind interfaces only = No
security = SERVER
encrypt passwords = No
update encrypted = No
allow trusted domains = Yes
hosts equiv =
min passwd length = 5
map to guest = Never
null passwords = No
password server = marge
smb passwd file = /etc/smbpasswd
root directory = /
passwd program = /bin/passwd
passwd chat = *new*password* %n\n *new*password* %n\n *changed*
passwd chat debug = No
username map =
password level = 0
username level = 0
unix password sync = No
restrict anonymous = No
use rhosts = No
log level = 0
syslog = 1
syslog only = No
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 50
timestamp logs = Yes
debug hires timestamp = No
debug pid = No
debug uid = No
protocol = NT1
read bmpx = No
read raw = Yes
write raw = Yes
nt smb support = Yes
nt pipe support = Yes
nt acl support = Yes
announce version = 4.2
announce as = NT
max mux = 50
max xmit = 65535
name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast
max packet = 65535
max ttl = 259200
max wins ttl = 518400
min wins ttl = 21600
time server = No
change notify timeout = 60
deadtime = 0
getwd cache = Yes
keepalive = 300
lpq cache time = 10
max disk size = 0
max open files = 10000
read prediction = No
read size = 16384
shared mem size = 1048576
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
stat cache size = 50
load printers = Yes
printcap name = /etc/printcap
printer driver file = /etc/printers.def
strip dot = No
character set =
mangled stack = 50
coding system =
client code page = 850
stat cache = Yes
domain groups =
domain admin group =
domain guest group =
domain admin users =
domain guest users =
machine password timeout = 604800
add user script =
delete user script =
logon script =
logon path = \\%N\%U\profile
logon drive =
logon home = \\%N\%U
domain logons = No
os level = 0
lm announce = Auto
lm interval = 60
preferred master = No
local master = Yes
domain master = No
browse list = Yes
dns proxy = No
wins proxy = No
wins server =
wins support = No
wins hook =
kernel oplocks = Yes
ole locking compatibility = Yes
oplock break wait time = 10
smbrun = /usr/bin/smbrun
config file =
preload =
lock dir = /var/lock/samba
default service =
message command =
dfree command =
valid chars =
remote announce =
remote browse sync =
socket address = 0.0.0.0
homedir map =
time offset = 0
unix realname = No
NIS homedir = No
panic action =
comment =
path =
alternate permissions = No
revalidate = No
username =
guest account = nobody
invalid users =
valid users =
admin users =
read list =
write list =
force user =
force group =
read only = Yes
create mask = 0744
force create mode = 00
security mask = -1
force security mode = -1
directory mask = 0755
force directory mode = 00
directory security mask = -1
force directory security mode = -1
guest only = No
guest ok = No
only user = No
hosts allow =
hosts deny =
status = Yes
max connections = 0
min print space = 0
strict sync = No
sync always = No
print ok = No
postscript = No
printing = bsd
print command = lpr -r -P%p %s
lpq command = lpq -P%p
lprm command = lprm -P%p %j
lppause command =
lpresume command =
queuepause command =
queueresume command =
printer name =
printer driver = NULL
printer driver location =
default case = lower
case sensitive = No
preserve case = Yes
short preserve case = Yes
mangle case = No
mangling char = ~
hide dot files = Yes
delete veto files = No
veto files =
hide files =
veto oplock files =
map system = No
map hidden = No
map archive = Yes
mangled names = Yes
mangled map =
browseable = Yes
blocking locks = Yes
fake oplocks = No
locking = Yes
oplocks = Yes
level2 oplocks = No
oplock contention limit = 2
strict locking = No
share modes = Yes
copy =
include =
exec =
preexec close = No
postexec =
root preexec =
root preexec close = No
root postexec =
available = Yes
volume =
fstype = NTFS
set directory = No
wide links = Yes
follow symlinks = Yes
dont descend =
magic script =
magic output =
delete readonly = No
dos filetimes = No
dos filetime resolution = No
fake directory create times = No
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
read only = No
browseable = No
available = No
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
print ok = Yes
browseable = No
[projects]
path = /export/business/projects
read only = No
create mask = 0777
guest ok = Yes
[business]
path = /export/business/business
read only = No
create mask = 0777
guest ok = Yes
[development]
path = /export/business/development
read only = No
create mask = 0777
guest ok = Yes
[act_sales]
comment = ACT database for Sales & Marketting
path = /export/business/act_sales
valid users = +sales
force group = sales
read only = No
create mask = 0770
[act_hr]
comment = ACT database for Human Resources
path = /export/business/act_hr
valid users = +hrpublic
force group = hrpublic
read only = No
create mask = 0770
[peopleman]
path = /export/business/peopleman
valid users = +hr
force group = hr
read only = No
create mask = 0770
[QBTimer]
comment = Timer Client List
path = /export/business/timer
write list = @finance
force group = finance
read only = No
force create mode = 0770
force directory mode = 0775
guest ok = Yes
[CVS]
comment = CVS Repository
path = /local/cvs/main
[software]
path = /export/software
read only = No
create mask = 0777
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