Error in log file appearing lots of times

[Anthony]

At 11:24 p 25/10/01, Bill wrote:
>You'll have to report a few additional things before anyone will be able to
>give you a decent answer ...
>1. What is the client that's causing this?

Win98, not sure if it's 98 or 98SE.

>2. What version of samba?

2.0.10

>3. What OS?

RedHat 7.1

>4. How are the oplock options set in smb.conf?

Just the defaults.


>If you're using Win9X/ME clients, I recommend you turn off all oplocking,
>since those clients seem to be broken with regard to oplocks.

OK I'll try turning them off and see if that helps... thanx for the info!

Anthony.


>-Bill
>
>On Thursday 25 October 2001 03:41, Anthony wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >       Can anyone tell me what would/might cause the following error to 
> appear in
> > a log file? It's appearing hundreds of times, at exactly the same time.
> > Below is just a snippet of the repetitions. I have no idea what any of this
> > means, but I know it's bad. The machine whose log file it is from is having
> > problems accessing file shares and printers. Another machine on the same
> > network is having no problems with either, so I've ruled out the server.
> > However, if anyone knows a reason why I'm wrong, please tell me! Here's
> > part of the log file:
> >
> > [2001/10/25 14:14:10, 0] smbd/oplock.c:process_local_message(622)
> >    process_local_message: unsolicited oplock break reply from pid 1280,
> > port 32776, dev = 306, inode = 1439010
> > [2001/10/25 14:14:10, 0] smbd/oplock.c:process_local_message(607)
> >    process_local_message: Received unsolicited break reply - dumping info.
> > [2001/10/25 14:14:10, 0] smbd/oplock.c:process_local_message(622)
> >    process_local_message: unsolicited oplock break reply from pid 1280,
> > port 32776, dev = 306, inode = 1439010
>
>--
>Bill Moran
>Potential Technology technical services
>(412) 793-4257



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Anthony (aslan at ispdr.net.au)
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