On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 09:44:47PM +0100, Christian Perrier wrote: > > Do you have any mor einformation about what is exactly done on the > server when the crash happens? Does this happens when clients are > doing some action and, if so, which action?
I am not sure. It just started a few days ago, roughly coinciding with my dist-upgrade and adding an XP box to the network. I don't know if the crash has to do with either of these. The crashes just happen without clients doing anything obvious. They usually come in batches (e.g., a dozen crashes in a short time, and then it stops for a long while). > Do you have traces in the logs (possible by raising the log leve to 3)? > > Can you also please send your smb.conf file? I'll raise the log level & see what happens tomorrow, in the meantime my smb.conf is below (with workgroup and server addresses removed): -------------------- cut here ------------- 8< ----------------------- # # Sample configuration file for the Samba suite for Debian GNU/Linux. # # # This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the # smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed # here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options most of which # are not shown in this example # # Any line which starts with a ; (semi-colon) or a # (hash) # is a comment and is ignored. In this example we will use a # # for commentary and a ; for parts of the config file that you # may wish to enable # # NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command # "testparm" to check that you have not many any basic syntactic # errors. # #======================= Global Settings ======================= [global] ## Browsing/Identification ### netbios aliases = sugar hosts allow = 172.17.1. 127. username map = /etc/samba/smbusers # Change this to the workgroup/NT-domain name your Samba server will part of workgroup = XXXXXXXX # server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field # server string = %h server (Samba %v) server string = Admin office, Debian Sid test machine #1 (Unix) # Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section: # WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable its WINS Server ; wins support = no # WINS Server - Tells the NMBD components of Samba to be a WINS Client # Note: Samba can be either a WINS Server, or a WINS Client, but NOT both ; wins server = w.x.y.z wins server = 172.17.1.XX # This will prevent nmbd to search for NetBIOS names through DNS. dns proxy = no # What naming service and in what order should we use to resolve host names # to IP addresses ; name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast #### Debugging/Accounting #### # This tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine # that connects log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m # Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb). max log size = 1000 # If you want Samba to only log through syslog then set the following # parameter to 'yes'. ; syslog only = no # We want Samba to log a minimum amount of information to syslog. Everything # should go to /var/log/samba/log.{smbd,nmbd} instead. If you want to log # through syslog you should set the following parameter to something higher. syslog = 0 # Do something sensible when Samba crashes: mail the admin a backtrace panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d ####### Authentication ####### # "security = user" is always a good idea. This will require a Unix account # in this server for every user accessing the server. See # /usr/share/doc/samba-doc/htmldocs/ServerType.html in the samba-doc # package for details. ; security = user security = server password server = XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX # You may wish to use password encryption. See the section on # 'encrypt passwords' in the smb.conf(5) manpage before enabling. encrypt passwords = true # If you are using encrypted passwords, Samba will need to know what # password database type you are using. passdb backend = tdbsam guest obey pam restrictions = yes ; guest account = nobody invalid users = root # This boolean parameter controls whether Samba attempts to sync the Unix # password with the SMB password when the encrypted SMB password in the # passdb is changed. ; unix password sync = no # For Unix password sync to work on a Debian GNU/Linux system, the following # parameters must be set (thanks to Augustin Luton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for # sending the correct chat script for the passwd program in Debian Potato). passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n . # This boolean controls whether PAM will be used for password changes # when requested by an SMB client instead of the program listed in # 'passwd program'. The default is 'no'. ; pam password change = no ########## Printing ########## # If you want to automatically load your printer list rather # than setting them up individually then you'll need this ; load printers = yes # lpr(ng) printing. You may wish to override the location of the # printcap file ; printing = bsd ; printcap name = /etc/printcap # CUPS printing. See also the cupsaddsmb(8) manpage in the # cupsys-client package. printing = cups printcap name = cups # When using [print$], root is implicitly a 'printer admin', but you can # also give this right to other users to add drivers and set printer # properties ; printer admin = @ntadmin ######## File sharing ######## # Name mangling options ; preserve case = yes ; short preserve case = yes ############ Misc ############ # Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration # on a per machine basis. The %m gets replaced with the netbios name # of the machine that is connecting ; include = /home/samba/etc/smb.conf.%m # Most people will find that this option gives better performance. # See smb.conf(5) and /usr/share/doc/samba-doc/htmldocs/speed.html # for details # You may want to add the following on a Linux system: # SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 socket options = TCP_NODELAY # The following parameter is useful only if you have the linpopup package # installed. The samba maintainer and the linpopup maintainer are # working to ease installation and configuration of linpopup and samba. ; message command = /bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/linpopup "%f" "%m" %s; rm %s' & # Domain Master specifies Samba to be the Domain Master Browser. If this # machine will be configured as a BDC (a secondary logon server), you # must set this to 'no'; otherwise, the default behavior is recommended. ; domain master = auto # Some defaults for winbind (make sure you're not using the ranges # for something else.) ; idmap uid = 10000-20000 ; idmap gid = 10000-20000 ; template shell = /bin/bash #======================= Share Definitions ======================= [homes] comment = Home Directories browseable = no # By default, the home directories are exported read-only. Change next # parameter to 'yes' if you want to be able to write to them. writable = no # File creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want to # create files with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775. create mask = 0700 # Directory creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want to # create dirs. with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775. directory mask = 0700 # Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain Logons # (you need to configure Samba to act as a domain controller too.) ;[netlogon] ; comment = Network Logon Service ; path = /home/samba/netlogon ; guest ok = yes ; writable = no ; share modes = no ;[printers] ; comment = All Printers ; browseable = no ; path = /tmp ; printable = yes ; public = no ; writable = no ; create mode = 0700 # Windows clients look for this share name as a source of downloadable # printer drivers [print$] comment = Printer Drivers path = /var/lib/samba/printers browseable = yes read only = yes guest ok = no # Uncomment to allow remote administration of Windows print drivers. # Replace 'ntadmin' with the name of the group your admin users are # members of. ; write list = root, @ntadmin # A sample share for sharing your CD-ROM with others. ;[cdrom] ; comment = Samba server's CD-ROM ; writable = no ; locking = no ; path = /cdrom ; public = yes # The next two parameters show how to auto-mount a CD-ROM when the # cdrom share is accesed. For this to work /etc/fstab must contain # an entry like this: # # /dev/scd0 /cdrom iso9660 defaults,noauto,ro,user 0 0 # # The CD-ROM gets unmounted automatically after the connection to the # # If you don't want to use auto-mounting/unmounting make sure the CD # is mounted on /cdrom # ; preexec = /bin/mount /cdrom ; postexec = /bin/umount /cdrom # This one is useful for people to share files [transfer] comment = Space to upload files path = /Uploads read only = no public = yes # A publicly accessible directory, but read only, except for people in # the "staff" group [public] comment = Public Stuff path = /Downloads public = yes writable = yes printable = no write list = adm # A publicly accessible directory, but read only, except for people in # the "staff" group [dropbox] comment = Drop box for CD writing path = /Downloads/Mastering/Incoming valid users = administrator, @ccc writable = yes printable = no write list = @ccc [inbox] comment = Pickup box for net uploads path = /Downloads/Uploads valid users = administrator, @ccc writable = yes printable = no write list = @ccc [temp photos] comment = Downloaded photos not yet uploaded to S: drive path = /home/acli/INBOX public = yes writable = no printable = no [old S backup] comment = Temporary and outdated backup of S: path = /backup/S public = no valid users = administrator, @ccc writable = no printable = no [cdrom] comment = CDROM path = /cdrom public = yes writable = no printable = no locking = no [sys] comment = Netware compatibility share path = /var/SYS public = yes writable = no printable = no #[win95] # comment = Windows 95 installation disk for IBM brand computers # path = /D/cdrom # public = yes # writable = no # printable = no [stc880] comment = Epson Stylus Color 880 # Win2K requires "Epson Stylus Color 880"; idiots... # printer driver = Epson Stylus COLOR 880 ESC/P 2 printer driver = Epson Stylus Color 880 path = /tmp printer = stc880 public = yes writable = no printable = yes guest ok = yes [ljet4_mkt] comment = HP LaserJet 4L with software RIP # Win2K requires "Epson Stylus Color 880"; idiots... # printer driver = Epson Stylus COLOR 880 ESC/P 2 printer driver = IBM Laser Printer 17 path = /tmp printer = ljet4_mkt public = yes writable = no printable = yes guest ok = yes # Other examples. # # A private printer, usable only by fred. Spool data will be placed in fred's # home directory. Note that fred must have write access to the spool directory, # wherever it is. ;[fredsprn] ; comment = Fred's Printer ; valid users = fred ; path = /home/fred ; printer = freds_printer ; public = no ; writable = no ; printable = yes # A private directory, usable only by fred. Note that fred requires write # access to the directory. ;[fredsdir] ; comment = Fred's Service ; path = /usr/somewhere/private ; valid users = fred ; public = no ; writable = yes ; printable = no # a service which has a different directory for each machine that connects # this allows you to tailor configurations to incoming machines. You could # also use the %U option to tailor it by user name. # The %m gets replaced with the machine name that is connecting. ;[pchome] ; comment = PC Directories ; path = /usr/local/pc/%m ; public = no ; writable = yes # A publicly accessible directory, read/write to all users. Note that all files # created in the directory by users will be owned by the default user, so # any user with access can delete any other user's files. Obviously this # directory must be writable by the default user. Another user could of course # be specified, in which case all files would be owned by that user instead. ;[public] ; path = /usr/somewhere/else/public ; public = yes ; only guest = yes ; writable = yes ; printable = no # The following two entries demonstrate how to share a directory so that two # users can place files there that will be owned by the specific users. In this # setup, the directory should be writable by both users and should have the # sticky bit set on it to prevent abuse. Obviously this could be extended to # as many users as required. ;[myshare] ; comment = Mary's and Fred's stuff ; path = /usr/somewhere/shared ; valid users = mary fred ; public = no ; writable = yes ; printable = no ; create mask = 0765 -------------------- cut here ------------- 8< ----------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]