[Samba] Samba doesn't free network resource with XP clients

[Charles Bueche]

Hi all,

We are having a difficult time with Samba 2.2.7a on AIX. Since XP clients
appeared, we see growing leaked resources on our ATM network adapter
buffers.

Stopping Samba frees all leaked buffers. The short-term fix is to
stop/start samba in a cron job. Hideous quirk at best.

The local network admin traced the SMB exchanges, and found that some
applications don't generate "SMB Logoff" after "Session Disconnect" if the
server doesn't support "NT Status Codes".

However, "NT Status Codes" are supposed to exist since Samba 2.2.3. 

The problem seems to be related to the Microsoft Knowledge Base Article
316740 "SMB Logoff Command Is Not Sent When Session Is Disconnected".

Would it be a solution to use the deadtime option in Samba ? What impact
would it have on clients ?

In
http://lists.samba.org/pipermail/samba-technical/2002-September/039416.html,
Jeremy Allison said he understand the problem and sees a fix. Any news on
this ?

Thanks,
Charles

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