[Samba] NT4 PDC and Samba 3 file copying issues...

[John H Terpstra]

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Don Bivens wrote:

> Giving this another shot...
>
> I upgraded Samba 2.x to 3.x and now have issues.
>
> I have Samba 3 on Linux 2.4.19/Debian.  Samba runs as a member server in
> an NT4 domain and gets authentication from the DC via
> winbind.
>
> I can copy a few very small files to the Samba share and they work.  I
> can create and delete text files on that share.  When I attempt
> to copy files to the share en masse, or even one or two files at a time
> (a few work most don't) it ultimately freezes and times out.

Please re-try with the following in your smb.conf [globals]:

	sendfile = No

Let me know if this helps. If not, send me your smb.conf file.

Cheers,
John T.

>
> The only interesting thing I've found thus far is:
>
> > [2003/11/13 17:44:20, 3] smbd/error.c:error_packet(113)
> >  error packet at smbd/trans2.c(2509) cmd=50 (SMBtrans2)
> > NT_STATUS_INVALID_HANDLE
> >
> One person helpfully asked about my switch/hub and I'm reasonably
> confident there's no issue there because everything else on the LAN
> seems to work fine.  Additionally I've been ssh'ed in the the Linux box
> for some time without blowing that connection.
>
> My Samba log files and a packet capture are located at.
>
> > http://www.carolinanetworking.com/logs.zip
>
> Unfortunately I don't have my smb.conf handy but suffice it to say it
> was tiny.  I saved off the old one and created a basic one with a SWAT
> wizard just to be sure I didn't have anything stupid going on there.
>
> Thanks to anyone with any ideas!
>
>

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John H Terpstra
Email: jht at samba.org