Samba makes Explorer crash

Jan Frecè

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Aug 5, 2001, 11:29:40 AM8/5/01

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I can see the Samba server when browsing the workgroup but as soon as I
double-click on it to see the shares, explorer freezes. If I try to do a
"net view" or a "net use" in a dos box, it freezes as well and I have to
restart Win2000 to get rid of it.

Did anybody ever encounter the same problem?

- Jan

smlynarczyk

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Aug 6, 2001, 12:26:22 AM8/6/01

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Hmmm... maybe this is the time to get rid of the problem... Try replacing
the win2k boxes with LINUX and the problem should go away.

Jan Frecè

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Aug 6, 2001, 3:23:25 AM8/6/01

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Yes, or replacing the linux machine with Win2K, that would solve the problem
as well. But I want to have the combination running.

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stan

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Aug 6, 2001, 9:44:32 AM8/6/01

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You're right, either approach is viable. Just a thought though...
Could you provide your samba config file? Also, you might try looking
in the samba logs for more info on the problem (/var/log/samba
directory). This should show connection attempts. Lastly, you need to
make sure that passwd encryption is either on or off on both windoze &
LINUX (look up smbpasswd in the man pages and in the /usr/doc/HOWTO
directory).

Jan Frecè

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Aug 6, 2001, 5:17:44 PM8/6/01

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My smb.conf is very primitive, as I'm still testing the whole thing:
------------------------------------
[global]
guest account = pcguest
workgroup = EMPIRE

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
read only = no
create mode = 0750
------------------------------------

I had a look at the logs and smb.log contains some errors, which I (of
course) not understand:
------------------------------------
[2001/08/05 12:18:21, 1] smbd/server.c:main(641)
smbd version 2.0.7 started.
Copyright Andrew Tridgell 1992-1998
[2001/08/05 12:18:22, 1] smbd/files.c:file_init(215)
file_init: Information only: requested 10000 open files, 1014 are
available.
[2001/08/05 12:35:49, 0] lib/util_sock.c:set_socket_options(151)
Failed to set socket option SO_KEEPALIVE (Error Bad file descriptor)
[2001/08/05 12:35:49, 0] lib/util_sock.c:set_socket_options(151)
Failed to set socket option TCP_NODELAY (Error Bad file descriptor)
[2001/08/05 16:29:53, 1] smbd/server.c:main(641)
smbd version 2.0.7 started.
Copyright Andrew Tridgell 1992-1998
[2001/08/05 16:29:53, 1] smbd/files.c:file_init(215)
file_init: Information only: requested 10000 open files, 1014 are
available.
[2001/08/06 16:38:20, 1] smbd/server.c:main(641)
smbd version 2.0.7 started.
Copyright Andrew Tridgell 1992-1998
[2001/08/06 16:38:20, 1] smbd/files.c:file_init(215)
file_init: Information only: requested 10000 open files, 1014 are
available.
[2001/08/06 19:36:06, 1] smbd/server.c:main(641)
smbd version 2.0.7 started.
Copyright Andrew Tridgell 1992-1998
[2001/08/06 19:36:06, 1] smbd/files.c:file_init(215)
file_init: Information only: requested 10000 open files, 1014 are
available.
[2001/08/06 20:50:45, 0] lib/util_sock.c:client_addr(1045)
getpeername failed. Error was Transport endpoint is not connected
[2001/08/06 20:50:46, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_socket_data(540)
write_socket_data: write failure. Error = Connection reset by peer
[2001/08/06 20:50:46, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_socket(565)
write_socket: Error writing 4 bytes to socket 6: ERRNO = Connection reset
by peer
[2001/08/06 20:50:46, 0] lib/util_sock.c:send_smb(754)
Error writing 4 bytes to client. -1. Exiting
[2001/08/06 21:03:20, 0] lib/util_sock.c:client_addr(1045)
getpeername failed. Error was Transport endpoint is not connected
[2001/08/06 21:03:20, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_socket_data(540)
write_socket_data: write failure. Error = Connection reset by peer
[2001/08/06 21:03:20, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_socket(565)
write_socket: Error writing 4 bytes to socket 6: ERRNO = Connection reset
by peer
[2001/08/06 21:03:20, 0] lib/util_sock.c:send_smb(754)
Error writing 4 bytes to client. -1. Exiting
------------------------------------

Although it seems that I misconfigured something, I'm still surprised that
it makes the windows explorer crash and not come up with an error message.
Is that normal behaviour when handling Samba?

-Jan

Kevin

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Aug 7, 2001, 5:25:26 AM8/7/01

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Try creating another share

[tmp]
comment = Linux tmp directory
writeable = yes
browseable = yes

[homes] is a special share. Just create a mapped drive to
an home directory of an account on the Linux machine. It
requires a username and password for the connection.

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Wesley Willis

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Aug 7, 2001, 1:41:05 PM8/7/01

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LOL

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Wesley Willis

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Aug 7, 2001, 1:51:41 PM8/7/01

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Try another NIC in the W2000 machine and install it cleanly. I'm not a Linux
expert, but replacing NIC's (especially realteks) with other NIC's like 3com
solved almost every networkproblem i have been expiriencing.

Wesley

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Jan Frecè

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Aug 10, 2001, 4:05:21 AM8/10/01

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Tried that, as well and again the same result. I can see the Linux machine
when browsing the workgroup but as soon as I click on it to see the shares,
explorer freezes. When I tried to map it as a network drive, same thing,
explorer freezes.

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Jan Frecè

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Aug 10, 2001, 4:06:04 AM8/10/01

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Is it very probable that it's the NIC? I mean, FTP, telnet and HTTP works
perfectly...

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