[Samba] 2.2.3a, Win2k, Scheduled Tasks, Connection Flood

[Greg Kelley]

Win2k Task Scheduler Service will not run as Admin, only SYSTEM. You can set
a task to run under a user account (DOMAIN\Admin) but if the task requires a
mapped drive it fails. The task will complete if you login as DOMAIN\Admin
at the Win2k Console and stay logged in. However, this will randomly flood
the network with reconnect attempts. Here is the log entry:

Mar 21 03:03:36 corpsrvr smbd[1817]: [2002/03/21 03:03:36, 0]
smbd/service.c:make_connection(587)
Mar 21 03:03:36 corpsrvr smbd[1817]:   citrix (192.168.1.12) Can't change
directory to /home/ntadmin (Permission denied)

Yesterday, there were 18000 of these in the log in 3 hours and the network
slowed down due significantly due to the number of requests. (sets of 10 per
second, 20 sets per minute, 30 per hour). The Administrator is mapped to
ntadmin which has a home folder and can login OK. It seems that the
connection is getting broken and something in Win2K goes nuts trying to
reconnect.

Removing the Admin login on the Win2K Console ends the reconnect problem,
but now we're back to the Task problem. Will research further and keep
everyone posted.

Rgds,

________________________
Greg Kelley, IT Director
Londavia, Inc. and
Britannic Aviation UK
Pease Int'l Tradeport
68 New Hampshire Ave.
Portsmouth, NH  03801
603.766.3005
http://www.londavia.com
http://www.britannicaviation.com
SSA, EAA, AOPA
CFII SEL,MEL; Comm Glider
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