Wow, I can only be sure by playing the waiting game, but the WINS server
parameter was pointing to a machine that I'd retired long ago! This
could very well be the culprit! Thank you so much for the tip. I'll
post back if this problem disappears for a few days.
Josh Miller wrote:
When this issue occurs, what is the output from smbclient on the Samba
server?
# smbclient -L localhost
Also, I have had this problem in the past (long ago) and it turned out
to be an issue with WINS not being setup properly. Please post the
output to the following command or verify your WINS settings:
testparm -v | grep -i wins
Thanks,
Josh, RHCE
Ron Garcia-Vidal wrote:
Seriously, I realize the below post doesn't have all the necessary
info to diagnose the problem, but I'm not even sure where to look for
more info. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I have been having a problem with my Samba server for about a month now
and need help. I am having users mysteriously losing access to drives
during the day. The drive will un-map itself and any further attempt to
access it through wither Windows Explorer or just typing the UNC in the
"Run" window will result in a "Drive or path not accessible" error. On
the samba side, nothing shows up in the logs on subsequent connections,
so I'm unsure how to diagnose what the problem is. Attempts to access
the share from another machine as the same user are successful.
The fix for this seems to be, either reboot the client (less preferable
because the user gets upset) or restart the smbd on the server. Either
way, subsequent share access is restored. Unfortunately, this problem
is reoccurring several times a day and I find myself restarting samba
about 4-5 times daily. This has reached a crisis point, so any help
would be appreciated.
In terns of samba version, this problem first appeared when I upgraded
to samba_3.0.23d-2+b1 (on Debian Testing). Subsequently, I rolled back
to samba_3.0.23c-1, but the problem still persisted. I have since
upgraded to samba_3.0.23d-4, and am still having this problem. Please
help!
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