On Thu, 29 May 2003, Paul Trepanier wrote: > While you may be onto something, I currently disagree as the samba logs > show the details of what's happening... > > [2003/05/29 08:05:11, 2] smbd/dosmode.c:unix_mode(59) > unix_mode(Desktop.ini) inheriting from . > [2003/05/29 08:05:11, 2] smbd/dosmode.c:unix_mode(67) > unix_mode(Desktop.ini) inherit mode 42775 > [2003/05/29 08:05:11, 2] smbd/dosmode.c:unix_mode(59) > unix_mode(Desktop.ini) inheriting from . > [2003/05/29 08:05:11, 2] smbd/dosmode.c:unix_mode(67) > unix_mode(Desktop.ini) inherit mode 42775 > [2003/05/29 08:05:11, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection(636) > sambaclient(111.222.333.444) connect to service home as user > sambauser(uid=772, gid=10772) (pid 4803) > [2003/05/29 08:05:11, 2] smbd/dosmode.c:unix_mode(59) > unix_mode(Desktop.ini) inheriting from . > [2003/05/29 08:05:11, 2] smbd/dosmode.c:unix_mode(67) > unix_mode(Desktop.ini) inherit mode 42775 > [2003/05/29 08:05:13, 2] smbd/dosmode.c:unix_mode(59) > unix_mode(.) inheriting from . > [2003/05/29 08:05:13, 2] smbd/dosmode.c:unix_mode(67) > unix_mode(.) inherit mode 42775 > [2003/05/29 08:06:05, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(677) > sambaclient(111.222.333.444) closed connection to service home > > As you can see by the last log entry, samba blows the client off and > closes the connection less than a minute after it was established. All > on it's own. > > My users simply will not tolerate having to remap drives umpteen times a > day as doing so to an actual MS windows share does not require constant > remapping. This behavior is unfortunately a showstopper and I would > hate to loose the opportunity for samba to address our UNIX filesharing > problems. > > I've found slews of reports of this behavior on google, but all the > proposed solutions appear to not provide an answer/resolution. Nada @ > samba.org & docs (from my perspective).
There are a number of steps you can take to improve network stability. 1. Change security mode to "security = domain" - then join the domain using: smbpasswd -r PDC -j DOMAIN -Uadministrator 2. Change the password server entry to: "password server = *" 3. Make sure that the user name is identical on Linux as on the domain, if not use: username map = /etc/samba/smbusers In the /etc/samba/smbusers file: # Unixuser = MSWindowsUser root = administrator maryk = mkandoit Server mode security is a bad hack and should not be used. In any case, your MS Windows clients will drop idle connections unless you specifically set the registry entry that controls this to 0 (zero). If your network is stable, and your Samba server is a domain member, and your MS Windows clients are full domain members, then reconnects should happen transparently. - John T. > > Thoughts? > > > John H Terpstra wrote: > > On Wed, 28 May 2003, Paul Trepanier wrote: > > > > > >>After awhile, my connections from my PC to my samba server end up with a > >>red "X" in them (share disappeared) if I leave my explorer window open. > >> If I click on these, they "wake up" and continue to function (and > >>the red X's go away). If I close my explorer window (while the red X's > >>are there) and reopen it , they are gone. An attempt to reestablish > >>these dropped connections is immediately successful. > >> > >>This is obviously a connection persistence issue and I've tried setting > >>both keepalive= and SO_KEEPALIVE (individually, of course) to no avail. > >> > >>Any ideas? > > > > > > Your MS Windows client is the culprit - it is dropping idle connections as > > I recall. Also, you may find that there is a registry setting to turn that > > feature off. > > > > - John T. > > > > > >>My installation is samba 2.2.8 running as a daemon (not inetd) on > >>Solaris 8 configured to use a WINS server and provide authentication via > >>a PDC (same host as WINS server). I do have an lmhosts file in the > >>samba /lib directory with the PDC/WINS server address in it. > >> > >>My globals section; > >> > >>[global] > >> workgroup = WORKGROUP > >> netbios name = SAMBASERVER > >> security = SERVER > >> encrypt passwords = Yes > >> password server = pdc > >> lanman auth = No > >> log level = 2 > >> log file = /usr/local/depot/samba-2.2.8/var/%m.log > >> deadtime = 5 > >> max smbd processes = 5 > >> socket options = IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY SO_KEEPALIVE > >> load printers = No > >> show add printer wizard = No > >> preferred master = No > >> local master = No > >> domain master = No > >> wins server = [IP address of WINS/PDC server] > >> follow symlinks = No > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > -- John H Terpstra Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba