[Samba] Upgrading PDC from 2.2.8 to 3.0.2a - WAN problems

Dominic Clarke dominicc at foe.co.uk
Wed Jul 21 10:01:34 GMT 2004


I tried to upgrade our Solaris 7  Sun E450 PDC from Samba 2.2.8 to Samba 3.0.2a recently.
We are running Windows 2000 desktops. Most of our users connect via our LAN , however
a significant group of users are connecting over our WAN - by a variety of methods , including
ISDN and BT-NetEquip ( 512k/2MB line ).

After the upgrade all of the users on the LAN were able to reach there network resources via Samba
consistently without problems. Initially , all of the users connecting via the WAN were also able
to get to all there network resources , but we consistently found that after approximately 2 to
3 hours they all lost there network resources. Attempts by WAN users to log back on again
failed. When running the login script , the error code 53 was frequently seen. Restarting the
Samba daemons on the PDC fixed the problem , but this is hardly a feasible solution on a
production PDC. In the end , I had to fall back to running 2.2.8.

Can anybody out there help me please ?

Thanks in advance

Dominic Clarke

Friends of The Earth

www.foe.co.uk



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