[Samba] The specified network name is no longer available: HELP

[Jonas Lindau]

I get the same error message when copying folders between two XP machines,
so it's probebly not a SAMBA issue


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave J. Andruczyk" <dandruczyk at enterpriserp.com>
To: <samba at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 6:59 PM
Subject: [Samba] The specified network name is no longer available: HELP


>
> I've been tearing my hair out trying to get this to work.
>
> Problem: Samba versions 2.2.4 and 2.2.5, running on mandrake 8.2 and 8.1
> respectively, both with XFS  (the mdk 8.2 machine is using a STOCK kernel
> 2.4.18-6mdk), the mdk 8.1 machine is using a stock 2.4.18 + xfs 1.1 patch.
>
> Windows 2000 SP2 client tries to copy a folder with files in it to the
> share. Copy seems to start but ends rapidly with this error:
>
> Cannot create or replace "folder_name": The specified network name is no
> longer available.
>
> The top level folder IS created though but with nothing inside.
> This happens from multiple Win2k SP2 clients, to both Samba 2.2.4 and
2.2.5
> machines using the XFS filesystem.  I don't know if it is an XFS issue, or
> samba.
>
> smb.conf relevant sections:
>  workgroup = ROCH-VWS
>  server string = Samba Server %v
>  lock directory = /var/lock/samba
>  log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
>  max log size = 50
>  security = domain
>  password server = *
>  password level = 8
>  username level = 8
>  encrypt passwords = yes
>  smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
>  username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
>  socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>  wins server = 10.160.2.228
>
> [temp]
>     comment = Temp space (development)
>     path = /scratch/t
>     writable = yes
>     admin users = Administrator andrucd
>     browseable = no
>
>  I'm connecting from Winblows with the "andrucd" account, smbstatus
reports
> this.  the andrucd account maps to "dave" in /etc/samb/smbusers
>
> a Level 10 log for the client that reports the error is attached to this
> message.
>
>
> Any and all suggestions are welcomed.
>
> Dave A.
>
>