On Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 11:51:11AM +0100, Rick Timmis wrote: > Hi > > We are using Samba on Debian Sarge (version 3.0.14a-Debian) and have it > configured for simple file share access. > All services work without issues on the Local network. > > However we have a number of remote workers who connect in via VPN (Via IPCOP > and Linsys IPSEC), these workers are all using Windows XP > > The problem looks as though it may be related to oplocks or network timeouts > / > resets. > > Here are the symptoms > > Files are written but contain either corrupt data or no data at all. Somtimes > the file is written and then deleted again (I suspect often no data has been > transferred ) > > Windows client post errors such as > > The netowrk path is too deep > The network name no longer exists > > We are consistently getting log messages like these > > Exhibit A. > > /var/log/sambs/log.d9rm152j > > d9rm152j (192.168.2.5) connect to service work initially as user keith > (uid=10 > 04, gid=100) (pid 13006) > [2006/07/17 09:01:46, 0] lib/util_sock.c:read_socket_data(384) > read_socket_data: recv failure for 4. Error = Connection reset by peer > [2006/07/17 09:01:46, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(830) > > Exhibit B. > > /var/log/sambs/log.d9rm152j > > d9rm152j (192.168.2.5) connect to service work initially as user keith > (uid=1004, gid=100) (pid 12116) > [2006/07/17 08:43:06, 0] lib/util_sock.c:read_socket_with_timeout(321) > read_socket_with_timeout: timeout read. read error = Connection reset by > peer. > [2006/07/17 08:43:06, 0] smbd/oplock.c:oplock_break(841) > oplock_break: receive_smb error (Connection reset by peer) > oplock_break failed for file Admin/test/DSC01506.JPG (dev = 1641, inode = > 7356435, file_id = 135). > [2006/07/17 08:43:06, 0] smbd/oplock.c:oplock_break(931) > oplock_break: client failure in break - shutting down this smbd. > [2006/07/17 08:43:06, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(830) > > --------Exhibits End ---------------
Yep - your network is losing packets. For WAN use with a lossy network you might want to turn off oplocks on a WAN accessed share. Jeremy. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
