[SOLVED?] write_socket_data bug

[Steve McClary]

This sounds like exactly the solution to the problems I've been having - 
could someone describe the process of adding reverse DNS in simple terms 
for novices like me?

Many thanks - the list has been quite helpful and I appreciate the gathered 
wisdom of all you subscribers.

Steve McClary

At 04:46 PM 11/28/2000 +0100, Otto Giesenfeld wrote:

>I can confirm that adding reverse address lookup seems to solve the 
>problem. Since we added reverse DNS about a week ago, there has not been a 
>single write_socket_data error message in the samba logs. Many thanks for 
>this useful tip.
>
>Otto Giesenfeld
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Lee Howard [<mailto:faxguy at deanox.com>mailto:faxguy at deanox.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 8:02 PM
> > To: samba at us5.samba.org
> > Subject: [SOLVED?] write_socket_data bug
> >
> >
> > Folks, I think that my write_socket_data problems have been
> > solved thanks
> > to a good pointer by someone last week on the list.
> >
> > The system in question runs named in addition to smb, and I
> > did not have a
> > reverse-DNS file set up for the local, private-IP
> > (192.168.x.x), domain.
> > Since I did that on Friday afternoon these are my logs:
> >
> > [root at virtue samba]# grep "write_socket_data" * | grep "2000/11/13"
> > log.smb:[2000/11/13 16:01:39, 0]
> > lib/util_sock.c:write_socket_data(540)
> > [root at virtue samba]# grep "write_socket_data" * | grep "2000/11/14"
> > [root at virtue samba]# grep "write_socket_data" * | grep "2000/11/15"
> > [root at virtue samba]#
> >
> > Normally, this system has had about 10 write_socket_data
> > errors per day
> > since the errors started occuring, so the logs listed above
> > show a dramatic
> > improvement, and my guess would be that I probably won't see
> > any more of it
> > in the degree that I have seen it before.
> >
> > Thanks all,
> >
> > Lee Howard
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