[Samba] [SOLVED] mount.smbfs problem

[Joshua Schmidlkofer]

Does anyone know what the initial packet size does?


thanks,
  Joshua


On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 11:03, Gémes Géza wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Lots of thanks, my system Mandrake 9.1, with kernel downgraded to 2.4.19 
> (from Mandrake 9.0 for acl support), and recompiled to include acpi 
> support. works out of the box with mount.smbfs3 from samba beta3 
> recompiled from mandrake cooker contribs.
> I checked my
> 
> /usr/src/linux/include/linux/smb.h
> 
> and it has
> 
> #define SMB_MAX_PACKET_SIZE		32768
> 
> strange enough isn't it?
> 
> Best Regards
> 
> Geza Gemes
> 
> Beau E. Cox írta:
> 
> >Hi -
> >
> >My messages may not be reaching this list. Would someone at least
> >confirm receipt of this message even if you have no suggestions/
> >comments re its content?
> >
> >I have sent several messages concerning mount.smbfs and I guess
> >no one is using smbfs to mount a Windows machine -or- no one
> >has encountered my problem. To recap the problem and give a
> >solution:
> >
> >[problem]
> >mount.smbfs is not working on 3.0.0beta3; it has been working thru
> >3.0.0beta2. When I re-install 3.0.0beta2, it works again.
> >
> >[configuration]
> >*Linux host <hanako>
> >  Linux version 2.4.20-4GB-athlon (root at Athlon.suse.de)
> >  (SuSE Linux 8.2)) #1 Fri Jul 11 20:16:51 UTC 2003
> >*samba-3.0.0beta3 complied from source, with configuration
> >  option '--with-smbmount'. (same configuration used for beta2).
> >*Windows 2000 Professional <rocky> - current with windows update.
> >
> >[command]
> >mount -t smbfs //rocky/c$ /mnt/rocky -o rw,credentials=/my/credentials/file
> >--or--
> >mount.smbfs //rocky/c$ /mnt/rocky -o rw,credentials=/my/credentials/file
> >
> >[log]
> >Jul 22 14:42:44 hanako kernel: smb_receive_trans2: data/param too long,
> >data=1024, parm=57231
> >Jul 22 14:42:44 hanako kernel: smb_trans2_request: result=-5, setting
> >invalid
> >Jul 22 14:42:45 hanako kernel: smb_retry: caught signal
> >
> >[solution]
> >Recompile the kernel with 'MAX_SMB_PACKET_SIZE' set to 65536. My kernel
> >had it at 32763. This can be done easily by hand or with this patch
> >(remember - this is for the SuSE linux 8.2 kernel 2.4.20 - your
> >mileage may vary):
> >
> >--- /usr/src/linux/include/linux/smb.h.old 2003-07-22
> >22:03:01.000000000 -1000
> >+++ /usr/src/linux/include/linux/smb.h 2003-07-22 22:03:17.000000000 -1000
> >@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
> >                                  * including smb_bcc */
> >
> > #define SMB_INITIAL_PACKET_SIZE  4000
> >-#define SMB_MAX_PACKET_SIZE  32768
> >+#define SMB_MAX_PACKET_SIZE  65536
> >
> > /* reserve this much space for trans2 parameters. Shouldn't have to be more
> >    than 10 or so, but OS/2 seems happier like this. */
> >
> >[questions]
> >Why does 3.0.0beta3 need 57,231 parm bytes? Is it me or some change
> >introduced with beta3 (remember beta2 works fine on my machines).
> >I hope this is the correct forum to discuss this so that it
> >can be considered by the developers before the first 'real' 3 is
> >rolled out. Could someone please advise.
> >
> >Aloha => Beau;
> >== please visit ==
> ><http://beaucox.com> => main site
> ><http://howtos.beaucox.com> => howtos
> ><http://PPM.beaucox.com> => perl PPMs
> ><http://CPAN.beaucox.com> => CPAN
> >== thank you ==
> >
> >
> >  
> >
>