Houston, we have a problem...

[Barry, Christopher]

Jeremy,
	Thanks very much for the quick reply. I will attach all of my
configuration files tomorrow from works, so you can see what I'm doing.
As for reproducibility, it's hard because it could be anything. You
would need a complete mirror of my network. I, for one, don't experience
the problem - samba works great for me - but many of my users machines
show this behavior. After a reboot, it takes a while to begin,
occasionally at first and then persistently. Rebooting the client
computer somehow resets something - It could definately be the win2k
boxes that are the problem. Would a tcp/ip traffic dump during the
recursive moments be helpful?

Thanks for your time and energy, it is very appreciated.
Christopher Barry

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeremy Allison [mailto:jra at samba.org]
Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2001 6:20 PM
To: Barry, Christopher
Cc: Samba-Ntdom (E-mail)
Subject: Re: Houston, we have a problem...


On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 06:16:19PM -0400, Barry, Christopher wrote:
> 
> Greetings.
> 	You've heard me here before. You know, the one with the
> recursively repeating folder issue. Well nobody is stepping up to the
> plate to tell me what the problem could be. Many people have said yes,
> they have seen it or yes they are dealing with it. But no one knows
why
> it is happening or how to fix it? I just cannot believe this.
> 
> Jeremy, What kind of info can I send to you for you to see what the
> problem is? Do a google groups search on '"weird folder looping"
samba'
> and you will find the original thread. This problem is making samba
very
> unusable. I would like to help troubleshoot and correct this problem
for
> everyone's benefit.

I need to be able to reproduce it. The last time we spoke, you sent me
instructions to do this that did not work for me. If I can't see it, I
can't fix it.

I need help from you in getting a  *fully reproducible* case for this,
on a Linux 2.2.x or 2.4.x system by preference.

Thanks,

	Jeremy.