WinNT and auto-reconnect

[Aaron Knauf]

Mithat Olut wrote:

> then delete them manually with a script before starting samba...

I can't do that.  The connections are not maintained at the server.
Visiting every client and closing the connections is not feasible on a real
LAN.

ADK

>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: samba-ntdom at samba.org [mailto:samba-ntdom at samba.org]On Behalf Of
> Aaron Knauf
> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 12:18 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list SAMBA-NTDOM
> Subject: WinNT and auto-reconnect
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have another weird one here.
>
> When using a WinNT server, you can reboot the server while (win/NT)
> clients are connected and the clients will automatically re-establish
> their connections when the server comes back up.
>
> With Samba you can do the same.
>
> Here's the catch.  If you restart samba, then logout your client
> *without accessing any of the previously opened shares* then the profile
> is written back to the home directory and that share is left open on the
> server (shown by smbstatus).  From this point on, no-one can log in to
> the server (at least, not from the same workstation - I haven't tried it
> with more than one).  Another samba restart is required to get people
> logging in again.
>
> TIA
>
> ADK