[Samba] What's the solution? Multiple users accessing Samba fromterminal server

[Matt Perkins]

When you have the connection problem, what error do you get? Does it say
that there are too many connections? By default, Samba only allows 128
connections per machine. On a Terminal Server, 128 connections can be
used up quickly. To resolve the connection problem, compile Samba from
source but before your run <./configure>, set MAX_CONNECTIONS in
samba-source-dir/smbd/conn.c to a larger number. On our server, I
changed it from 128 to 2048 and haven't had a problem since.

Matt

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[mailto:samba-bounces+mperkins=lbmc.com at lists.samba.org] On Behalf Of
Ciarochi, Anthony
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 4:11 PM
To: samba at lists.samba.org
Subject: [Samba] What's the solution? Multiple users accessing Samba
fromterminal server


I've seen a lot of mention of this problem on this list, and via google,
but no solutions that I can follow.  Can somebody please clue me in?

 

I have a terminal server, with multiple users, who need to access shares
from a Samba server.  The first user has no problem, but subsequent
users fail, unless I first kill the smbd process.

 

Important trivia (maybe):

 

1 - We did not have this problem until we migrated our authentication
from NT4 domain controllers to Active Directory.

 

2 - We only have this problem on Win2k terminal servers.  XP systems,
single user Win2k systems, and Win2003 terminal servers are OK.

 

3 - If one user has a drive mapped, and we kill smbd to allow a second
user to map a drive, the first user CAN STILL MAP A DRIVE.  This can be
repeated over and over, to get many people mapped, but it is obviously a
pain, and appears to have a temporary effect (apparently something
cached somewhere)

 

4 - If we change the netbios name in smb.conf between each user, then we
can also get multiple users to map drives.

 

5 - Our Samba servers are running Solaris 2.6, Samba v 2.2.8a

 

TIA 

 

- A

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