[Samba] Re: Can't see all of the directories in a share with 2.2.7a-1
& RH8...but older version/kernel can
Chris de Vidal
cdevidal at yahoo.com
Fri Jan 31 02:56:38 GMT 2003
To the list: We've been having some off-list
conversation and I wanted to clue you in here. Our
thread might be useful for posterity's (Google's?)
sake.
/dev/idal
--- Joe Gerkman <joe.gerkman at gartner.com> wrote:
> We're using the following command (from a shell
> script):
First (this isn't your fix but a nicety), it's easier
when this is in /etc/fstab instead of with a script.
It can be done automatically at boot (RedHat
recognizes smbfs types and waits til network is
started) or manually with the noauto option. Then,
you can just run
mount /blahblah/Data
If you put your password in a credentials file (see
below), you can protect your password.
Again, not a fix for your issue but I thought you'd
like to know that.
> mount -f -t smbfs -o
Second, I had to look up -f. man mount:
-f Causes everything to be done except for the
actual system call; if it's not obvious, this
``fakes'' mount-ing the file system. This option
is useful in conjunction with the -v flag to determine
what the mount command is trying to do. It can also be
used to add entries for devices that were mounted
earlier with the -n option.
I have little confidence this will fix your problem,
but please try it without that flag anyway.
It's just a shot in the dark...
>
username=xxxxxxx,password=xxxxxxx,uid=xxx,gid=xxxxxxxxx,fmask=770,dmask=770
> //blahblah/Data /blahblah/Data
Another nicety; use this option with mount or in your
fstab:
credentials=/some/file/chown/root.root/chmod/600
with
username = someuser
password = somepassword
inside that file. I like to put mine in
/etc/smb_passwd and I run chown 0.0/chmod 600 against
it.
This lets you avoid putting the password in the
(world-readable) fstab. Just a suggestion.
> Same command we've been using for a while now (>1
> year)...but then
> again, maybe one of the options could have been
> deprecated????
>
> Also, we installed Samba via the RPMs from
> samba.org...but I've also
> tried building from source (both SRPMs and plain
> source)...neither
> changed anything...
>
> Thanks again for your help Chris....
Don't thank me until I can confirm or deny it from a
RH 7.3 and 8.0 box to an NT and 2000 Pro (no
Server/Advanced) share (:
/dev/idal
> On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 17:45, Chris de Vidal wrote:
> > Whoa, really strange. Might be something you're
> > doing, but I'll post my results to you and the
> list
> > tomorrow and we can see if it's a consistent
> problem
> > with RedHat 7+ and 2000.
> >
> > You are using smbmount or mount smbfs in fstab,
> > correct?
> >
> > Also, how did you install Samba? I got an RPM
> from
> > Samba.org (well, an SRPM so I could tweak the
> > ./configure line).
> >
> > /dev/idal
> >
> > --- Joe Gerkman <joe.gerkman at gartner.com> wrote:
> > > Update...
> > >
> > > See 554 files on rh8.0/2.2.7a machine, 627 on
> the
> > > rh6.2/2.0.6-9 machine
> > > (the latter being the true number).
> > >
> > > Tried copying over the same smb.conf file (which
> I
> > > thought I'd done
> > > before)...no change/luck. Also tried the same
> > > version of samba on a 7.3
> > > as well as a 7.1 box (same smb.conf file
> too)...no
> > > luck there
> > > either...oh, all had 2.4.x kernel, well except
> for
> > > the working machine
> > > (if that matters).
> > >
> > > On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 14:05, Chris de Vidal
> wrote:
> > > > You're using smbmount, right? Sounds like
> you're
> > > > seeing only 512 files.. do ls | wc -l. 512 is
> a
> > > nice
> > > > round binary number and is probably what
> you're
> > > > seeing.
> > > >
> > > > I don't have a direct answer, but I'm under
> the
> > > > impression that there are many broken things
> in
> > > RedHat
> > > > 8.0 (RedHat 7.0 also had many broken things..
> > > > cooincidence??). I wrote earlier this week
> about
> > > a
> > > > RedHat 8-specific problem "cannot find name
> for
> > > group
> > > > ID XXXXX". Others with RedHat 8 have shared
> > > similar
> > > > stories, and I'm having no issues with the
> same
> > > exact
> > > > version of Samba on a RedHat 7.3 box. I've
> been
> > > using
> > > > RH8 on my main workstation since introduction
> and
> > > I've
> > > > found other weirdness.
> > > >
> > > > I'm not near my RH8 box at the moment but when
> I
> > > get
> > > > back to work tomorrow I'll test an SMB mount
> of a
> > > > Windows NT box. I could try a 2000 box if
> > > necessary.
> > > > I'll do a wc -l and see what happens. I do
> recall
> > > > having no problems with a Samba server (2000+
> > > > directories) and I can confirm that tomorrow.
> > > >
> > > > First, try copying the smb.conf from the 6.2
> box.
> > > > Smbmount seems to read a few lines from it,
> and
> > > there
> > > > is a chance you have differences.
> > > >
> > > > If you have a RedHat 7.3 box handy, install
> the
> > > same
> > > > version of Samba (I agree it doesn't sound
> > > > version-specific) and try it.. it'd probably
> work
> > > > fine. I'll try to do the same.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > /dev/idal
> > > >
> > > > --- Joe Gerkman <joe.gerkman at gartner.com>
> wrote:
> > > > > Hi all,
> > > > >
> > > > > Hoping someone might be able to steer me in
> the
> > > > > right direction and/or
> > > > > help me solve my problem.
> > > > >
> > > > > We have a number of Linux servers (RH6.2 ->
> RH8)
> > > > > which connect to the
> > > > > same share on a Win2000 Server. We've been
> > > working
> > > > > kinda hard to get
> > > > > everything upgraded to either RH7.3 or RH8.0
> > > since
> > > > > we rarely get the
> > > > > opportunity. 2 similar servers (one dev,
> one
> > > prod)
> > > > > access this same
> > > > > window share, which has a large number of
> > > > > directories (about 620-650),
> > > > > and the share itself is for a 180GB volume.
> > > > >
> > > > > Just recently we discovered that our dev
> server
> > > > > (RH6.2/2.2.14-5.0 with
> > > > > samba 2.0.6-9) can see all of the
> > > directories/files
> > > > > at the root of this
> > > > > share, but the prod server
> (RH8.0/2.4.18-19.8.0
> > > with
> > > > > samba 2.2.x ->
> > > > > 2.2.7a-1) can not, it can however see a good
> > > portion
> > > > > of them (about
> > > > > 554).
> > > > >
> > > > > There doesn't seem to be anything in common
> > > about
> > > > > these "missing"
> > > > > directories...have checked time, size,
> > > etc...nada in
> > > > > common that we can
> > > > > determine. We did try quite a few crazy
> things,
> > > > > like deleting a few
> > > > > directories to see if we saw more, but nope.
>
> > > And I
> > > > > should note that the
> > > > > directories are there, you just can't see
> > > them...I
> > > > > can 'cd' into them
> > > > > with no problem.
> > > > >
> > > > > Oh, and I've tried going back to the earlier
> > > version
> > > > > of samba (same as
> > > > > on the dev machine - 2.0.6-9), but no luck.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any ideas? Anyone? Please...
> > > > >
> > > > > -J
> > > > >
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> Portland, OR 97204
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