[Samba] Error in message logs with samba-3.0.14a-2

[Craig White]

On Tue, 2005-10-18 at 10:07 -0500, Gabriel Matthews wrote:
> Okay, here's the background.
> 
> Fedora Core 4, all recent updates.  Using samba-3.0.14a-2.  Trying to 
> mount a remote shared folder, and sharing it for local users in my 
> office.  Using /etc/fstab to auto-mount it on bootup.
> 
> Here is the /etc/fstab line that I use to do this:
> //share/ccc  /gobo  smbfs 
> username=XXXXX,password=XXXXXX,uid=10395,gid=30038,fmask=770,dmask=770  0  0
> 
> I use winbind to sync with our windows domain (nt, not kerberos yet).
> 
> Here is a quick & dirty copy of my /etc/samba/smb.conf file.
> 
> [global]
>          log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
>          load printers = No
>          ldap ssl = no
>          idmap gid = 30000-40000
>          admin users = CT01\gabriel
>          wins server = 172.16.64.4
>          domain master = No
>          show add printer wizard = No
>          dns proxy = No
>          password server = ANAKIN
>          idmap uid = 10000-20000
>          workgroup = CT01
>          os level = 20
>          security = domain
>          max log size = 50
>          log level = 1
>          logon path = /home/$U
>          template shell = /bin/bash
> 
> [CCC$]
>          path = /gobo
>          read only = no
> 
> The error I'm concerned about in the logs is this:
> 
> Oct 18 09:36:50 mithrandir smbd[8168]: [2005/10/18 09:36:50, 0] 
> lib/util_sock.c:write_socket_data(430)
> Oct 18 09:36:50 mithrandir smbd[8168]:   write_socket_data: write 
> failure. Error = Connection reset by peer
> Oct 18 09:36:50 mithrandir smbd[8168]: [2005/10/18 09:36:50, 0] 
> lib/util_sock.c:write_socket(455)
> Oct 18 09:36:50 mithrandir smbd[8168]:   write_socket: Error writing 4 
> bytes to socket 5: ERRNO = Connection reset by peer
> Oct 18 09:36:50 mithrandir smbd[8168]: [2005/10/18 09:36:50, 0] 
> lib/util_sock.c:send_smb(647)
> Oct 18 09:36:50 mithrandir smbd[8168]:   Error writing 4 bytes to 
> client. -1. (Connection reset by peer)
> 
> I see that when I just browse to the linux server, and not even open up 
> a share.  Just typing \\mithrandir in my explorer window causes that 
> error to appear.  The mounted shared folder works okay, except for the 
> fact that it loses its connection every now and then and I have to 
> remount it.  Not sure if that problem is related to this error or not.
> 
> I've checked a bit online, and I have seen plenty of questions posted in 
> various places about people asking what that error means, but I haven't 
> ever found an answer or explanation.  Could someone please shed some 
> light on this for me?  Thanks!
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try adding to smb.conf [General]

smb ports = 139

or if you have only Win2K & WinXP clients

smb ports = 445

This should stop it from dropping one or the other ports and creating
the log error. This probably isn't why you are 'losing' connection.

Craig


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