[Samba] Samba seems to cause complete server crash

[Tomasz Chmielewski]

Steve Freeman schrieb:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have done some extensive searching, and drawn a blank so far...
> 
> Nothing odd is reported in samba logs, or in the syslog file.
> 
> However, if I try to play an avi straight off the samba server, on an XP 
> client with MP10, it brings the whole deal to its knees after a few mins 
> at the most. I have to hard reset the server.
> 
> Other than this, all my other uses are flawless (game server, dhcp, 
> firewall, teamspeak, peerguardian... etc).
> 
> I don't _think_ its a firewall problem, as all internal traffic is 
> ACCEPTED by default, and I don't have a permissions problem or any 
> browsing errors... it just dies when I play a video?!
> 
> I'm using FC4, with samba V3.0
> 
> If anyone has any suggestions on where to go from here, I would be very 
> grateful.
> 
> Other than this, everything is rosy.

check your hardware.

do some heavy computations and large file copying, etc.

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Tomasz Chmielewski
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