[Samba] Samba 2.2.1a problems

[Rashkae]

At the very least, you must ugrade to the latest Samba, (2.2.3a).. I've
seen a large number of complaints on the list regarding problems with
Foxpro databases.  You might also want to try disabling oplocks, as they
can sometimes cause problems on 'leaky' networks.  (As for what
constitutes a leaky network, I have no idea, but I find it to be a good
first troubleshooting step.)

On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, Michael Schwager wrote:

Hi,
I have 5 Win98 clients connecting to a network disk.  They are running an
old DOS application that accesses a Foxpro database on that disk.  Last
week, the server was Win2k.  The Win2k box got a virus.  So this week I
changed it to SuSE 7.3 running Samba 2.2.1a.

Now various clients crash randomly, about 3-20 times per day total.  This
is causing a gradual loss in confidence in the Samba server.  There were
no crashes when the server was Win2k.

Any suggestions appreciated.  I append a section of
/var/log/samba/log.smbd and my samba.conf file.  Thanks!

By the way, no clients are printing to the box.  We thought it was
related to the printer so I moved the printer to another machine.
--
-Mike                                   schwager at enteract.com

LOG.SMBD stuff- don't know if it's a problem:
[2002/03/15 10:52:10, 0] smbd/oplock.c:request_oplock_break(997)
  request_oplock_break: no response received to oplock break request to
pid 22279 on port 2407 for dev = 309, inode = 641

  for dev = 309, inode = 641, tv_sec = 3c92269a, tv_usec = 131bb
[2002/03/15 10:52:24, 0] smbd/oplock.c:process_local_message(357)
  process_local_message: Received unsolicited break reply - dumping info.
[2002/03/15 10:52:24, 0] smbd/oplock.c:process_local_message(372)
  process_local_message: unsolicited oplock break reply from pid 14797,
port 2407, dev = 309, inode = 641


SAMBA.CONF:
[global]
        workgroup = APEX
        netbios name = LNXSERV
        interfaces = eth0
        encrypt passwords = Yes
        map to guest = Bad User
        socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY
        character set = ISO8859-15
        os level = 2
        kernel oplocks = No
        read only = No
        create mask = 0640
        directory mask = 0750
        printing = cups

[printers]
        comment = All Printers
        path = /var/tmp
        create mask = 0600
        printable = Yes
        browseable = No

[DB]
        path = /home/apex

[Epson]
        path = /var/tmp
        create mask = 0600
        printable = Yes
        printer name = Epson
        oplocks = No
        share modes = No


--
-Mike Schwager
 listguy at schwager.com