Loosing Mounts .. kernel: smb_dont_catch_keepalive: server->data_ready == NULL error
auto852 at hushmail.com
auto852 at hushmail.com
Sun Sep 24 08:02:16 GMT 2000
Peter, I and many others I believe are having the same problem...check out
the message below from Urban from an earlier post...and let us know how
you go.
the kernel updates mentioned below are at:
ftp.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/
or try the mirror within the site
I grabbed the updates myself today but haven't attempted to recompile as
of yet
you'll need pre-patch-2.2.17-20 before going to pre-patch-2.2.18-10 (which
is the latest I could see) I believe.
On Mon, 18 Sep 2000 auto852 at hushmail.com wrote:
> Has anyone experienced Samba dropping mounts? (NT shares).
Everyone using smbfs I believe ...
> again. But after an undetermined amount of time Samba just drops them
again
> and I have to remount them again. Does anyone know of a fix to this problem
> (with the latest version)?
I can right now remember 2 ways to get this.
1. If the server is down while someone is accessing the smbfs mount
smbmount will terminate. Apply one of the "fixes" patches
http://www.hojdpunkten.ac.se/054/samba/index.html
2. There is a signal related problem that will kill smbmount in some
versions of the kernel. Upgrade to 2.2.18-preX or 2.4.0-test8 or later,
those versions contain a workaround. If this is your problem you should
get messages like this in your kernel log:
smb_retry: caught signal
If this does not match/work, come back with kernel version and kernel
logs from when a mount stops working.
/Urban
At Sun, 24 Sep 2000 17:48:13 +1100, "Peter Court" <pc at hotkey.net.au> wrote:
>
>I've a diskless Linux (LRP) box with Samba client
>mounting a share off a NT4 SP6 box. Its regularly
>'loosing' the share. If I do a ls it shows NO files.
>Unmounting and remounting it fixes it. This is happening
>about 2 time/day on average.
>
>A possibly related error in the log is:
>
>kernel: smb_dont_catch_keepalive: server->data_ready == NULL
>
>One German reply re this error caught my attention.. It seems
>to be related to the -C option for folding pwds to upper case...
>(but I couldnt read the content !)
>
>I've removed this from the mount and dont get the error on
>mounting now... interesting to see what happens from here.
>I changed the pwd to upper case.
>
>Anyone else had or solved this problem ?
>
>rgds .. Peter
>
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