[Samba] Temp fix for users getting smb_trans2: invalid data in
messages log file
Des Dougan
des at DouganConsulting.com
Fri Dec 17 06:32:53 GMT 2004
On Thu, 2004-12-16 at 17:26 -0700, Mike Lee wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I was having this problem and finally found a temp fix for it. The symptoms
> seem to be this:
> --> You are on a linux client
> --> You have mounted a samba drive from you linux client to a linux server.
> --> When you try to make modifications or copy file from your client to the
> server, it takes a long time or times-out.
> --> Your /var/log/mesages file states smb_trans2: invalid data , disp=0,
> cnt=0, tot=0, ofs=0
>
> It seems that some CIFS code got trampled on during a smb kernel patch. I
> believe this will be fixed in the 2.6.10 kernel (pretty soon I hope). For
> now, you can add the following entry to your smb.conf file:
> "unix extensions = no"
> This temp solution was posted to the samba listserver last month, but I
> thought I would post it again since it cause me a lot of headaches.
> Cheers everyone. Happy Holidays.
>
> Mike Lee
> --
Mike,
Thanks for the fix. Can I ask a dumb question - do you apply this to the
local or remote smb.conf? I'd assume remote, but wanted to confirm.
Thanks and regards,
Des
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