Win98 Shutdown problems

[Jerry Vonau]

Sorry, didn't read all the way through. If you manualy un-map the drives first does
it shutdown clean? Are the profiles getting copied back to the PDC?

Jerry

Jerry Vonau wrote:

> Check the MS website, there is a update that deals with that very issue for 98SE
>
> Jerry Vonau
> Network Admininistrator
> Winnipeg Motor Express
>
> Alex King wrote:
>
> > We have a problem with Win98 clients not shutting down properly.  We are
> > running samba at ~40 isolated sites, a mixture of 2.07 and 2.05a on intel
> > debian systems.  There are usually less than 10 clients at each site.
> >
> > The clients are set up to log on to an NT domain, and they run a script
> > generated by the server to mount between 3 and 8 shares from the server,
> > depending on their group membership.  Ie, NET USE N: //SERVER/NETWORK etc.
> >
> > I'd be interested to hear from people who are using Win98/samba in similar
> > setups and whether they are having similar shutdown problems.
> >
> > Does anyone have any experience at troubleshooting this kind of problem?
> > Where should I look?  I've already searched mailing lists etc, and I'd
> > really appreciate a pointer in the right direction.
> >
> > The problem seems to affect both Win98 and Win98SE, and the Win98SSE
> > shutdown supliment fix/patch thing doesn't help.  It is intermittant, but
> > happems more often than not. I've noticed that logging off on a W98
> > machine and then shutting down with C-A-D and clicking shutown seems to
> > increase the likelyhood of a clean shutdown, but this doesn't allways work.
> > It seems to be due to the interaction between samba and Win98, because the
> > macines in question shut down ok if they are isolated from the network.
> >
> > This shutdown problem is a serious problem for me, I'd be willing to put
> > significant effort into fixing it (even looking into the code)  I realise
> > that the problem is likely be Win98 more than samba, but if there is
> > anything I can do to work around it I need to do it.
> >
> > The servers have a mixture of network cards, 3c905, eepro, rtl8138 etc.
> > The clients are a mixture also, but we have many (cough) presarios with
> > realtek 8139 chipset ethernet cards.
> >
> > ; /etc/smb.conf
> >
> > [global]
> >    debug level = 2
> >    printing = bsd
> >    printcap name = /etc/printcap
> >    hide files = AppleVolumes
> >    load printers = yes
> >    guest account = nobody
> >    invalid users = root
> >    security = user
> >    workgroup = WORKGROUP
> >    server string = %h server (Samba %v)
> >    socket options = IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY SO_SNDBUF=4096 SO_RCVBUF=4096
> >    encrypt passwords = yes
> >    smbpasswd file = /etc/smbpasswd
> >    wins support = yes
> >    os level = 65
> >    domain master = yes
> >    local master = yes
> >    preferred master = yes
> >    logon script = scripts\%U.bat
> >    logon path = \\%N\profiles\%U
> >    logon drive = H:
> >    logon home = "\\%N\%U"
> >    dns proxy = no
> >    preserve case = yes
> >    short preserve case = yes
> >    domain logons = yes
> >    unix password sync = True
> >    passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
> >    passwd chat = *New\spassword:* %n\n *Re-enter\snew\spassword:* %n\n
> > *Password\schanged.* .
> >
> > [homes]
> >    comment = Home Directories
> >    browseable = no
> >    read only = no
> >    create mask = 0700
> >    directory mask = 0700
> >
> > [profiles]
> >    comment = User Profiles
> >    browseable = yes
> >    writeable = yes
> >    path = /var/samba/profiles
> >    read only = no
> >    create mask = 0700
> >    directory mask = 700
> >    root preexec = /var/samba/bin/create-profile %U
> >
> > [netlogon]
> >    path = /var/samba/netlogon
> >    writeable = no
> >    guest ok = no
> >    root preexec = /var/samba/bin/makelogonscript %U %m
> >
> > [network]
> >    comment = comon folder
> >    writable = yes
> >    path = /var/samba/network
> >    create mask = 777
> >    directory mask = 777
> >
> > ; other shares follow....