2.0.5a on AIX 4.3.2, smbclient failures.

[Graham Goodey]

Dear All,

We have successfully run 1.9.18p2 on our AIX 3.2.5 servers since 1.9.18p2
was released, with heavy access for printing and file sharing from users and
NT servers.

We are currently in the process of upgrading to AIX 4.3.2 (now completed)
and have been trying to implement 2.0.5a. I have used the AIX binary install
which all worked. We are using WINS/DNS/DHCP running on the NT servers (all
been successfully running for sometime).

For testing purposes the nmbd and smbd have been started as daemons. ./nmbd
-D and ./smbd -D.

We have run through the diagnosis.txt many times, 

Test 1, 2, 4, 5, 6	Passed
Test 3 	Failed
Test 7+	Can't complete without test 3.

doing smbclient -Lgenesis -d5 -N fails with "Session request to GENESIS
failed" and "Session request to *SMBSERVER failed".
smbclient -L<other unix servers> works o.k.

We have also looked at hosts allow/deny(eventually commenting out both) and
binding parameters(bind interfaces only is set to "No").

There is a long pause after the message "Sent session request" is shown, it
then eventually continues on, but failing.  We are getting errors "Broken
pipe etc" in the log files but there are only originating from the NT
servers.

We have also tried, in desperation, to become a member of our NT Domain
which appeared to work and Genesis now appears in network neighbourhood,
alas it did not help with the original problem.

Trying to view the server from DOS or network neighbourhood gives,
"Semaphore timeout"
..
We are desperate to solve this problem as it is now hindering our upgrade
plans.

The following log file shows the errors from one of our NT servers to
Genesis, this may or may not be connected with the original problem.

[1999/10/26 17:11:53, 5] smbd/connection.c:claim_connection(127)
  trying claim /var/samba/locks STATUS. 100000
[1999/10/26 17:11:53, 0] lib/util_sock.c:client_addr(1068)
  getpeername failed. Error was Socket is not connected
[1999/10/26 17:11:53, 5] smbd/reply.c:reply_special(148)
  init msg_type=0x81 msg_flags=0x0
[1999/10/26 17:11:53, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_socket_data(570)
  write_socket_data: write failure. Error = Broken pipe
[1999/10/26 17:11:53, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_socket(596)
  write_socket: Error writing 4 bytes to socket 6: ERRNO = Broken pipe
[1999/10/26 17:11:53, 0] lib/util_sock.c:send_smb(784)
  Error writing 4 bytes to client. -1. Exiting
[1999/10/26 17:12:38, 5] smbd/connection.c:claim_connection(127)
  trying claim /var/samba/locks STATUS. 100000
[1999/10/26 17:12:38, 0] lib/util_sock.c:client_addr(1068)
  getpeername failed. Error was Socket is not connected
[1999/10/26 17:12:38, 5] smbd/reply.c:reply_special(148)
  init msg_type=0x81 msg_flags=0x0
[1999/10/26 17:12:38, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_socket_data(570)
  write_socket_data: write failure. Error = Broken pipe
[1999/10/26 17:12:38, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_socket(596)
  write_socket: Error writing 4 bytes to socket 6: ERRNO = Broken pipe
[1999/10/26 17:12:38, 0] lib/util_sock.c:send_smb(784)
  Error writing 4 bytes to client. -1. Exiting 


If anyone is able to offer assistance, this would be greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards




Graham Goodey
IT Manager                  
ggoodey at sblack.com
* +44 (1992) 825555