[Samba] Re: Race in samba-2.2.2

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, Buchan Milne wrote:

> We are running samba-2.2.2 as a domain controller and main fileserver 
> for a small domain (about 70 desktops and about 90 user accounts). We 
> run netscape or mozilla for mail, and have the mozilla or netscape 
> profiles stored on the homes share (mapped as Z:). We also have about 
> 70GB of disk shared out on the same machine for general use, and also 
> the other necessary shares (netlogon, profiles).
> 
> While this works well, about once every 2 weeks, we get a race in one 
> smbd, and eventually have to log the user out and kill that smbd.
> 
> Is there anything we can do to track this bug down?

strace the smbd process.  I'll bet it has to do with storing the browser 
cache files on a network drive.  Just a hunch.






chau, jerry
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