On Fri, Sep 24, 2004 at 10:23:11AM +0300, Chris Roubekas wrote: > > A while ago I posted a message regading the way Samba is behaving > and some problems that I was facing with Windows "loosing" > the connection with the server... > Here is another sample of what my /var/log/messages still looks like: > > Sep 19 15:08:01 Srv smbd-classic[3499]: [2004/09/19 15:08:01, 0] > lib/util_sock.c:read_data(436) > Sep 19 15:08:01 Srv smbd-classic[3499]: read_data: read failure for 4. Error = > Connection reset by peer
This is simply the client disconecting from the server. We have no idea who. > I have tried everything. From reinstalling my Linux box from scratch, reinstalling > Windows2000 from scratch (SP2) changing network cards, checking the wiring of > my network, checking intensity of the network cables (yes even brought a technician > to assist me with that because I had no idea how to check that), connected > Srv with Win2000 via a cross-over cable (just in case the switcher was > malfunctioning) > and tons of other scenarios. Nothing! Zilch! > > Unfortunately I am faced with a very serious problem since this occurs > every week (sometimes more than 3 times a day!!!). You need to run a sniffer on the wire to see what is happening to the tcp connection. The client is dropping it. Samba doesn't know why. I'd look at your hubs/switches if I were you. Jeremy. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
