[Samba] Help! Mysterious samba problem...

[Javid Abdul-AJAVID1]

Please check the network settings on samba box, also observer netstat on it,
for any collisisons
is samba set to auto or 10, 100 FUll and whats setting on client

-----Original Message-----
From: Joel Hammer [mailto:Joel at HammersHome.com]
Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 8:46 PM
To: tytso at mit.edu; samba at lists.samba.org
Subject: Re: [Samba] Help! Mysterious samba problem...


Maybe you have developed a network problem. oplock errors are a symptom of
this (leaky network or some such.)
Why not disable oplocks if you don't need them and try again.

Joel

On Sun, Aug 04, 2002 at 09:42:30PM -0400, tytso at mit.edu wrote:
> 
> For some strange reason, a samba setup which was previously working has
> suddenly stopped working, and I can't figure out why.
> 
> The symptoms is that attempts to write some files onto a samba
> filesystem take a long time, and then error out with the error message
> (in Windows dialog box):
> 
> "Cannot create or replace <filename>: The specified network resource or
> device is no longer available."
> 
> On the Samba server side, the associated error messages are:
> 
> [2002/08/04 21:17:26, 0] lib/util_sock.c:read_data(436)
>   read_data: read failure for 2688. Error = Connection reset by peer
> [2002/08/04 21:17:59, 0] lib/util_sock.c:read_socket_with_timeout(298)
>   read_socket_with_timeout: timeout read. read error = Connection reset
>   by peer.
> [2002/08/04 21:17:59, 0] smbd/oplock.c:oplock_break(758)
>   oplock_break: receive_smb error (Connection reset by peer)
>   oplock_break failed for file eudora/data/eudora.log (dev = 303, inode =
621482, file_id = 3).
> [2002/08/04 21:17:59, 0] smbd/oplock.c:oplock_break(843)
>   oplock_break: client failure in break - shutting down this smbd.
> [2002/08/04 21:18:31, 0] smbd/oplock.c:request_oplock_break(981)
>   request_oplock_break: no response received to oplock break request to
pid 366 on port 1028 for dev = 303, inode = 621482, file_id = 3
> [2002/08/04 21:19:49, 0] smbd/oplock.c:request_oplock_break(981)
>   request_oplock_break: no response received to oplock break request to
pid 367 on port 1029 for dev = 303, inode = 621499, file_id = 37
> 
> The client is running Windows ME.  The server is running Linux 2.4.19
> with Samba 2.2.3a-6 (from Debian Woody).  
> 
> I wasn't at all sure whose fault it was, so I tried various combinations
> of Linux 2.4.9, 2.4.19-rc1. and Samba 2.2.1a-9.  None of these changed
> the symptoms, so I'm relatively confident that it wasn't caused by a
> recent software update (since I backed everything out to several earlier
> versions, and it didn't make the problem go away or even change
> significantly.)
> 
> Any hints for what I might do to fix this would be greatly appreciated!!
> 
> 						- Ted
> 
> 
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