[Samba] AD DC eventually not browsable without restart

Kevin Field kev at brantaero.com
Fri Sep 6 11:12:24 MDT 2013


Yep, that's exactly it.  Thanks!

Kev

On 2013-09-06 10:16 AM, Ricky Nance wrote:
> Have you disabled syslinux? That is what that change looks like to me.
>
> Ricky
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Kevin Field <kev at brantaero.com
> <mailto:kev at brantaero.com>> wrote:
>
>     I just noticed something interesting, since I have /etc under
>     version control: /etc/mtab changed thusly:
>
>     -tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs
>     rw,rootcontext="system_u:__object_r:tmpfs_t:s0" 0 0
>     +tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0
>
>     Does this mean anything to our troubleshooting?
>
>     Thanks,
>     Kev
>
>
>     On 2013-09-04 2:02 PM, Kevin Field wrote:
>
>         Yeah, it's still
>
>         tmpfs                 5.9G     0  5.9G   0% /dev/shm
>
>         The really odd thing is, currently, it's telling me this if I try to
>         access it from OLDDC, running Windows Server 2003.  But if I
>         remote into
>         another computer (GEYSER) on the network that's running Windows
>         XP, I
>         can access \\NEWDC just fine.  Back to OLDDC and it still
>         doesn't work.
>
>         Besides the OS I noticed another difference, running "echo
>         %logonserver%" from GEYSER, it reports \\G5, whereas running that on
>         OLDDC reports \\OLDDC.  I know this is normal behaviour, but I
>         wonder if
>         it has anything to do with it.  I also wonder if, if I leave GEYSER
>         logged in long enough, I'll have the same result on it as I do
>         on OLDDC.
>
>         So nobody else is having this browsability problem, eh?
>
>         Kev
>
>         On 2013-08-24 1:41 PM, Kevin Field wrote:
>
>             Hmm...it hasn't been long enough since a restart yet,
>             because it's not
>             doing it ATM, but nonetheless if it's a question of an extra
>             45 mb I
>             think we have it covered:
>
>             tmpfs                 5.9G     0  5.9G   0% /dev/shm
>
>             But I'll check anyway next opportunity and report back if it's a
>             positive.
>
>             Kev
>
>             On 2013-08-24 11:51 AM, Ricky Nance wrote:
>
>                 I wonder if your hitting the /run/lock fill up that
>                 another user
>                 reported on a week or two ago (they are using ubuntu). I
>                 think the
>                 solution was to make that tmpfs partition bigger (like
>                 50 mb instead of
>                 5 mb). next time it is unresponsive check and see what
>                 the output of 'df
>                 -h' is.
>
>                 Ricky
>
>
>                 On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 10:02 AM, Kevin Field
>                 <kev at brantaero.com <mailto:kev at brantaero.com>
>                 <mailto:kev at brantaero.com <mailto:kev at brantaero.com>>>
>                 wrote:
>
>                      I've upgraded to 4.0.9 and this behaviour persists.
>
>                      Should I file a bug report, do you think? �Is
>                 nobody else
>                      experiencing this?
>
>                      Thanks,
>
>                      Kev
>
>                      On 2013-08-20 11:40 AM, Kristofer Pettijohn wrote:
>
>                          You may want to see if it is this bug, which is
>                 fixed in 4.0.9:
>                 https://bugzilla.samba.org/____show_bug.cgi?id=9820
>                 <https://bugzilla.samba.org/__show_bug.cgi?id=9820>
>
>                 <https://bugzilla.samba.org/__show_bug.cgi?id=9820
>                 <https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9820>>
>
>
>
>
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>
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>
>                          *From: *"Kevin Field" <kev at brantaero.com
>                 <mailto:kev at brantaero.com>
>                 <mailto:kev at brantaero.com <mailto:kev at brantaero.com>>>
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>                          *Sent: *Tuesday, August 20, 2013 9:38:32 AM
>                          *Subject: *[Samba] AD DC eventually not
>                 browsable without
>                 restart
>
>
>                          I have a SerNet Samba 4.0.8 AD DC running on
>                 CentOS 6.4 (newdc)
>                          replicating from a W2K3 DC (olddc). �When I
>                 first launch Samba
>                 using
>                          `sudo samba`, I can go to the Windows server
>                 and browse to
>                          \\newdc in
>                          Explorer, and I see mytestshare, netlogon,
>                 printers, sysvol, and
>                          "Printers and Faxes".
>
>                          After a while (I'm not sure how long precisely,
>                 but under 24
>                          hours) I
>                          could not navigate to \\newdc without the
>                 following error:
>
>                          ---------------------------
>                          \\newdc
>                          ---------------------------
>                          \\newdc is not accessible. You might not have
>                 permission to
>                 use this
>                          network resource. Contact the administrator of
>                 this server to
>                          find out
>                          if you have access permissions.
>
>                          The Server service is not started.
>                          ---------------------------
>                          OK
>                          ---------------------------
>
>                          But in the interim, I had not been doing
>                 anything in the system,
>                          so I'm
>                          not sure what might have caused it. �One time
>                 it even happened
>                 on a
>                          weekend when no backup or anything particularly
>                 special is
>                 scheduled
>                          while I was away.
>
>                          Anyway, running `sudo killall samba` and then
>                 `sudo samba`
>                 makes it
>                          suddenly browsable again.
>
>                          This is happening every day. �I guess it would
>                 be best to figure
>                          this
>                          problem out before we make Samba the only DC.
>
>                          Here's my smb.conf, mostly set up by
>                 samba-tool, and now a
>                 work in
>                          progress to add the extras we will use:
>
>                          # Global parameters
>                          [global]
>                          � � � � � workgroup = MYDOMAIN
>                          � � � � � realm = mydomain.lan
>                          � � � � � netbios name = NEWDC
>                          � � � � � server role = active directory domain
>                 controller
>                          � � � � � server services = rpc, nbt, wrepl,
>                 ldap, cldap, kdc,
>                          drepl,
>                          winbind, ntp_signd, kcc, dnsupdate, smb, dns
>                          � � � � � allow dns updates = true
>                          � � � � � dns forwarder = 192.168.1.1
>                          # � � � �dns recursive queries = yes
>                          � � � � � dcerpc endpoint servers = epmapper,
>                 wkssvc, rpcecho,
>                 samr,
>                          netlogon, lsarpc, spoolss, drsuapi, dssetup,
>                 unixinfo, browser,
>                          eventlog6, backupkey, dnsserver, winreg, srvsvc
>                          # � � � dcerpc endpoint servers = winreg srvsvc
>                          � � � � � load printers = yes
>                          � � � � � printing = cups
>
>                          [netlogon]
>                          � � � � � path =
>                 /var/lib/samba/sysvol/____mydomain.lan/scripts
>                          � � � � � read only = No
>
>                          [sysvol]
>                          � � � � � path = /var/lib/samba/sysvol
>                          � � � � � read only = No
>
>                          [printers]
>                          � � � �comment = All Printers
>                          � � � �path = /var/spool/samba
>                          � � � �browseable = Yes
>                          � � � �read only = No
>                          � � � �printable = Yes
>
>                          [print$]
>                          � � � �comment = Point and Print Printer Drivers
>                          � � � �path = /var/lib/samba/printing
>                          � � � �read only = No
>
>                          [mytestshare]
>                          � � � � � path = /srv/mytestshare/
>                          � � � � � read only = No
>
>
>                          Any ideas?
>
>                          Thanks,
>                          Kev
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