RPC error, Samba2.0.5 and NT

[fnumrich at USU.DE]

Hi,

I've got the following problem:
I'm running Samba 2.0.5 on SUSE Linux 6.1 as fileserver in a network with 5
 clients with Win NT SP5.
It worked all fine untill I put one more share to my smb.conf.
Now I had 9 shares instead of 8. When I now tried to browse the shares from
 NT via the Explorer or
on the Shell via 'net view \\czwserv' I got a error telling me that a
RPC.method call failed.
(Something like: 'an rpc error occurred'' but in german while I use the
german NT).
After I reduced the shares again to 8 (doesn't matter which share I
removed) the problem went away.

I searched in comp.protocols.smb and found the following posting:
>...
> I am running Samba 2.0.6 on Solaris 2.7 on 2 machines
> The 1st system works flawlessly, but the second one will
 >not allow me to connect to it from an NT Server.
 >
 >Here is what I get when using "net view" on the NT system
 >
 >c:\>net view \\snapper
 >System error 5 has occurred
 >
 >Access Denied
 >
 >C:\>
 >
 >Both systems have Identical smb.conf files except the shares
 >and the name of the system
 >
 >Both systems have a smbpasswd file and is up to date.
 >
 >Both systems can see each others shares when using the debug
 >techniques as described in the debug.txt files.
 >...

It seemd to be the same problem that I've got.
I've posted my 'workaround' (removing one share).
As response the following posting came along:

> > The reason I figured out was: My smb.config contains 9 shares.
 >> Removing one of them (no matter which one) solves the problem.
 >> Maybe its an NT-problem (somebody suprised?).
 >> Does anybody know more?
 >
 >I had a similar problem with 2.0.6/win2k: "an rpc error occurred".
However I had 12 shares...
 >Deleting one, whichever, solved the problem.
 >I think this is a very weird thing.

Is this a known bug (either in Samba or in NT)?
Is there a better workaround than reducing the shares until it works?

Thanks. Frank