[Samba] XP clients regularly lose connection

Adrian Bolzan Adrian.Bolzan at aot.com.au
Wed Jul 23 02:28:15 GMT 2003


Hi Mark,

I tried this and actually lost all connection to the samba 
server!
Now the XP Pro machines cannot communicate with 
Samba, so cannot get Roaming profiles, etc., drives, 
etc.

odd...

adrian


On 22 Jul 2003 at 18:44, Mark wrote:

> Take a look here, specifically the 2nd to last FAQ regarding disabling
> the web client services in XP. http://www.samba.netfirms.com/faq.htm
> 
> Regards,
> Mark
> Samba Setup Guide
> www.samba.netfirms.com
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: samba-bounces+lists=greplinux.dyndns.org at lists.samba.org
> [mailto:samba-bounces+lists=greplinux.dyndns.org at lists.samba.org] On
> Behalf Of Adrian Bolzan Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 4:45 PM To:
> samba at lists.samba.org Subject: [Samba] XP clients regularly lose
> connection
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> We have Samba 2.2.8 on RedHat 9.0 (from rpm).
> We connect about 5 Win XP Professional PC's (with Service Pack 1) to
> the server.  Roaming profiles are set up.
> 
> After about 30 minutes client connections are lost to the server and
> the users cannot reconnect to the server, even if samba is restarted. 
> A reboot of the server is required.
> 
> This occurs, it seems at this stage, when large files are copied
> across the network from the server to the workstations.  Such files
> include MYOB databases, and other files over about 50 MB.
> 
> (MYOB data directories are mapped to drives, and not UNC.)
> 
> Thanks,
> adrian
> 
> Our smb.conf file is:
> 
> ---------------------------------------
> 
> 
> #
> #======================= Global Settings 
> #=====================================
> [global]
>    workgroup = tucksgrp
>    netbios name = tuckssvr
>    server string = Samba Server
>    printcap name = /etc/printcap
>    load printers = yes
>    printing = cups
>    guest account = smbguest
>    log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
>    log level = 2
>    max log size = 0
>    security = user
>    encrypt passwords = yes
>    smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
>    unix password sync = Yes
>    passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
> 
>    passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* 
> %n\n
>    *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
> 
>    pam password change = yes
>    obey pam restrictions = yes
> 
>    socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY  
> SO_KEEPALIVE SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
> 
>    local master = yes
>    os level = 64
>    domain master = yes 
>    preferred master = yes
>    domain logons = yes
>    domain admin group = root @admins
>    logon script = logon.bat
>    logon path = \\tuckssvr\profiles\%U
>    logon home = \\tuckssvr\%U
>    logon drive = Z:
>    wins support = yes
>    dns proxy = no 
>    oplocks = no
>    kernel oplocks = no
> 
> 
> #============================ Share Definitions
> #============================== [homes]
>    comment = Home Directories
>    browseable = no
>    writable = yes
>    valid users = %S
>    create mode = 0664
>    directory mode = 0775
> 
>  [netlogon]
>    comment = Network Logon Service
>    path = /home/netlogon
>    guest ok = yes
>    writable = no
>    share modes = no
> 
> [profiles]
>     path = /home/profiles
>     browseable = no
>     create mode = 0600
>     directory mode = 0700
>     guest ok = yes
>     read only = no
>     profile acls = yes
>     csc policy = disable
> 
> [shared]
>    comment = Public Stuff
>    path = /home/shared
>    public = yes
>    writable = yes
>    force group = tucks
>    printable = no
>    write list = @tucks
>    create mode = 0660
>    directory mode = 0770
> 
> [company]
>    comment = Company Directory
>    path = /home/shared/company
>    public = yes
>    writable = yes
>    force group = tucks
>    printable = no
>    write list = @tucks
>    create mode = 0660
>    directory mode = 0770
> 
> [myob]
>    comment = MYOB data
>    path = /home/shared/myob
>    public = yes
>    writable = yes
>    force group = tucks
>    printable = no
>    write list = @tucks
>    create mode = 0660
>    directory mode = 0770
> 
> [printers]
>    comment = All Printers
>    path = /var/spool/samba
>    browseable = no
>    guest ok = no
>    writable = no
>    printable = yes
> 
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