[Samba] Samba freezes

[Guilherme Boing]

Rowland seems to be right.
Samba reloads after the dhcprequest, so it makes sense.

On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 6:34 PM, Andrew Bartlett via samba <
samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> On Sun, 2017-06-25 at 17:54 +0100, Rowland Penny via samba wrote:
> > On Sun, 25 Jun 2017 18:11:05 +0200
> > Antoine Huchet via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I have Samba 4.5.8-Debian running on Debian Stretch.
> > > I use Samba to load games over my local network from my Debian machine
> > > to my Playstation 2 (using OpenPS2Loader:
> > > https://github.com/Jay-Jay-OPL/OPL-Daily-Builds).
> > >
> > > From time to time, the game freezes, then after 5 minutes it comes
> > > back (sometimes it doesn't, depends on the game).
> > >
> > >
> > > And here is the syslog at the same time:
> > >
> > > > Jun 25 16:39:01 serveur CRON[23116]: (root) CMD (  [ -x
> > > > /usr/lib/php5/sessionclean ] && /usr/lib/php5/sessionclean)
> > > > Jun 25 16:41:05 serveur dhclient[717]: DHCPREQUEST of 192.168.2.4 on
> > > > eth0 to 192.168.2.1 port 67
> > > > Jun 25 16:41:05 serveur dhclient[717]: DHCPACK of 192.168.2.4 from
> > > > 192.168.2.1
> > > > Jun 25 16:41:05 serveur systemd[1]: Reloading Samba SMB Daemon.
> > > > Jun 25 16:41:05 serveur systemd[1]: Reloaded Samba SMB Daemon.
> > > > Jun 25 16:41:05 serveur dhclient[717]: bound to 192.168.2.4 --
> > > > renewal in 2912 seconds.
> > >
> > > From what I see, there is the usual stuff on top of the logs, then it
> > > start echoing someting, then reloads and then it works again...
> > >
> > > Any idea what might be causing that?
> > >
> >
> > It looks like your Samba machine is using DHCP and when it changes
> > systemd reloads Samba, this will break any connections.
> >
> > Try giving your machine a fixed IP instead.
> >
>
> G'Day Rowland,
>
> I think you are on to the right thing about the echo and DHCP, except
> they are in other order.
>
> Antoine,
>
> What we do know is that the linux cifs client, and other clients no
> doubt, send an echo if they feel the server is un-responsive.
>
> Is the DHCP renewal at the normal point (compare with previous
> renewal), or could this be both related to an underlying issue: lack of
> two-way link at the network layer?  Could Samba be listening only, but
> the client not getting the responses due to dodgy networking, and then
> it finally breaking down causing NetworkManager to re-try the whole
> stack?
>
> Can you rule out a dodgy network switch?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrew Bartlett
>
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