MAX_PATH limit - Samba or WinNT or software?

Mayers, P J p.mayers at ic.ac.uk
Tue Dec 7 16:36:29 GMT 1999


I'm using an NT (workstation) machine to backup my Samba server using the
OnStream Echo software that came with my OnStream tape drive. The backup
seems to proceed fine until I start getting errors, and this appears in the
log file from that machine:

  ===============================================================
[1999/12/07 13:46:38, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(41)
  INTERNAL ERROR: Signal 11 in pid 18624 (2.1.0-prealpha)
  Please read the file BUGS.txt in the distribution
[1999/12/07 13:46:38, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(43)
  ===============================================================
[1999/12/07 13:46:38, 0] lib/util.c:smb_panic(2527)
  PANIC: internal error
[1999/12/07 13:46:38, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection(515)
  backup (192.168.1.7) connect to service backup as user backup (uid=10546,
gid=8000) (pid 18632)
[1999/12/07 13:46:38, 0] lib/util_str.c:safe_strcpy(765)
  ERROR: string overflow by 2 in safe_strcpy [\pub\ASP\a AxiCom
client\xTelecomputing\Press rele]
[1999/12/07 13:46:38, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(40)
  ===============================================================
[1999/12/07 13:46:38, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(41)
  INTERNAL ERROR: Signal 11 in pid 18632 (2.1.0-prealpha)
  Please read the file BUGS.txt in the distribution
[1999/12/07 13:46:38, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(43)
  ===============================================================
[1999/12/07 13:46:38, 0] lib/util.c:smb_panic(2527)
  PANIC: internal error
[1999/12/07 13:46:38, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection(515)
  backup (192.168.1.7) connect to service backup as user backup (uid=10546,
gid=8000) (pid 18640)
[1999/12/07 13:46:38, 0] lib/util_str.c:safe_strcpy(765)
  ERROR: string overflow by 2 in safe_strcpy [\pub\ASP\a AxiCom
client\xTelecomputing\Press rele]
[1999/12/07 13:46:38, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(40)
  ===============================================================
[1999/12/07 13:46:38, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(41)
  INTERNAL ERROR: Signal 11 in pid 18640 (2.1.0-prealpha)
  Please read the file BUGS.txt in the distribution
[1999/12/07 13:46:38, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(43)
  ===============================================================
[1999/12/07 13:46:38, 0] lib/util.c:smb_panic(2527)
  PANIC: internal error
[1999/12/07 13:46:38, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection(515)
  backup (192.168.1.7) connect to service backup as user backup (uid=10546,
gid=8000) (pid 18648)
[1999/12/07 13:46:38, 0] lib/util_str.c:safe_strcpy(765)
  ERROR: string overflow by 2 in safe_strcpy [\pub\ASP\a AxiCom
client\xTelecomputing\Press rele]
[1999/12/07 13:46:38, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(40)
  ===============================================================


Over and over and over again, until I stop the backup manually. The filepath
is 132 characters long, which is nearly exactly half MAX_PATH under Win32
(260).

Is this a samba issue, NT, or software?

I'm running the CVS version from Oct 4 1999. Would switching to the 2.0x
series help this any? Or do I have to come up with another solution. Maybe
name mangling can help me - can anyone help me here!?! I don't mind having
to make a seperate share to backup out of.

Cheers,
Phil



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