[Samba] BUG: samba-3.0.14a & samba-3.0.20pre2 endless loop AIX 5.3 (jfs2) & Win98

Gerald (Jerry) Carter jerry at samba.org
Wed Aug 17 14:18:40 GMT 2005


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Steve Williams wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have replaced an older AIX system with a new one running AIX 5.3, all
> the latest patches.  It is acting as a PDC (I think irrelevant).  The
> old server was running AIX 4.3.2 with Samba 3.0.14a (upgraded from
> 2.0.7) , and was working 100% fine. I had the old server running 3.0.14a
> for 6 weeks prior to the upgrade as part of my migration plan.
> 
> There are Windows 98 boxes that connect to this server (workgroup), as
> well as XP SP2 boxes that connect to the server (domain).  The shares
> that I am having problems with are on IBM's "jfs2" filesystem.
> 
> The XP boxes are working perfectly.
> 
> The Windows 98 boxes work to read and save files.  HOWEVER... if one
> "Explores" into one of the folders, Samba goes into an endless loop. 
> The little flashlight in Windows 98 Explorer just keeps waving back and
> forth.
> 
> The behavior can be duplicated by going into a DOS prompt and doing a
> "DIR" on the shared directory.  It is more obvious what is happening,
> because the screen updates continuously.  It just scrolls forever.  It
> gets to the end of the directory listing and starts again at the
> top...looping forever.
> 
> 1.  AIX 4.3.2, jfs, samba-3.0.14a worked perfectly
> 2.  AIX 5.3, jfs2, samba-3.0.14a & samba-3.0.20pre2 have problem with 
> Windows 98 computers

I can't reproduce this on ext3 with the current SAMBA_3_0 code.
Is this a jfs2 only problem?




jerry
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