Dear ambasta Can you try following command on xp
net config server /autodisconnect:0 thanks On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Pramathesh Ambasta < [email protected]> wrote: > Sorry for posting this again. But i have not been able to find a > satisfactory resolution to this. I urgently need to attend to this > issue and would be very grateful for some help on this. > Regards > Pramathesh > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Pramathesh Ambasta <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 8:31 PM > Subject: win xp machine disconnected from share and repeated > authentication required > To: [email protected] > > > I have set up a Ubuntu 8.04 server for file and print sharing on a > small network. The server runs smbd version 3.0.28a. > > The samba server is a standalone server and is used by some users to > access common data. The scheme is that all users have a Unix account > on the server. When they want to access the shared service, they are > asked for a password after which they can work. > > One of the machines on the network is a win xp SP2 machine on which > the user had already logged in, but in trying to attach a file from > the server in Outlook Express got an error message that the file could > not be found. He had to go to Network Neighborhood, click on the > shared service, authenticate again. This happened quite a few times > within a fairly short span of time. > > An examination of the log for the machine (log.hpm with IP > 192.168.1.6) shows some "connection reset by peer messages". I have > browsed on the net and come across several people reporting similar > issues with earlier versions of samba but have not come across a > definitive solution. Is this an "smb ports = 445" issue or a network > card/connection failure? Why does the log below show a write failure > on 0.0.0.0? The log also shows some failures to create built in users. > > Will be very grateful on help/pointers on this. > > Below is a cutting of the relevant sections from log.hpm followed by > the smb.conf file. > > Thanks in advance > Pramathesh > > *************log.hpm********* > [2009/02/18 10:49:57, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(1033) > hpm (192.168.1.6) connect to service DataShare initially as user mih > (uid=1003, gid=119) (pid 10051) > ************ > hpm (192.168.1.6) closed connection to service DataShare > [2009/02/18 15:20:42, 0] > auth/auth_util.c:create_builtin_administrators(792) > create_builtin_administrators: Failed to create Administrators > [2009/02/18 15:20:42, 0] auth/auth_util.c:create_builtin_users(758) > create_builtin_users: Failed to create Users > [2009/02/18 15:20:42, 0] > auth/auth_util.c:create_builtin_administrators(792) > create_builtin_administrators: Failed to create Administrators > [2009/02/18 15:20:42, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_data(562) > write_data: write failure in writing to client 192.168.1.6. Error > Connection reset by peer > [2009/02/18 15:20:42, 0] lib/util_sock.c:send_smb(761) > Error writing 4 bytes to client. -1. (Connection reset by peer) > [2009/02/18 15:20:42, 0] auth/auth_util.c:create_builtin_users(758) > create_builtin_users: Failed to create Users > [2009/02/18 15:20:42, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_data(562) > write_data: write failure in writing to client 0.0.0.0. Error > Connection reset by peer > ********** > > *******smb.conf********* > > [global] > workgroup = DOMAIN > server string = SERVER (MAIN) > dns proxy = no > log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m > max log size = 1000 > syslog = 0 > panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d > security = user > passdb backend = tdbsam > obey pam restrictions = yes > invalid users = root > unix password sync = yes > passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u > passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n > *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* . > pam password change = yes > map to guest = bad user > usershare allow guests = yes > username map = /etc/samba/smbusers > > [printers] > comment = All Printers > browseable = no > path = /var/spool/samba > printable = yes > create mask = 0700 > > [print$] > comment = Printer Drivers > path = /var/lib/samba/printers > > [DataShare] > path = /home/core/DataShare > writeable = yes > ; browseable = yes > valid users = specific, valid, user, names, listed, here > directory mask = 0770 > create mask = 0660 > force group = groupname > > ****************************** > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
