On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 09:44:47PM +0100, Christian Perrier wrote:
>
> Do you have any mor einformation about what is exactly done on the
> server when the crash happens? Does this happens when clients are
> doing some action and, if so, which action?
I am not sure. It just started a few days ago, roughly coinciding with
my dist-upgrade and adding an XP box to the network. I don't know if
the crash has to do with either of these.
The crashes just happen without clients doing anything obvious. They
usually come in batches (e.g., a dozen crashes in a short time, and
then it stops for a long while).
> Do you have traces in the logs (possible by raising the log leve to 3)?
>
> Can you also please send your smb.conf file?
I'll raise the log level & see what happens tomorrow, in the meantime
my smb.conf is below (with workgroup and server addresses removed):
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#
# Sample configuration file for the Samba suite for Debian GNU/Linux.
#
#
# This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the
# smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed
# here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options most of which
# are not shown in this example
#
# Any line which starts with a ; (semi-colon) or a # (hash)
# is a comment and is ignored. In this example we will use a #
# for commentary and a ; for parts of the config file that you
# may wish to enable
#
# NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command
# "testparm" to check that you have not many any basic syntactic
# errors.
#
#======================= Global Settings =======================
[global]
## Browsing/Identification ###
netbios aliases = sugar
hosts allow = 172.17.1. 127.
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
# Change this to the workgroup/NT-domain name your Samba server will part of
workgroup = XXXXXXXX
# server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field
# server string = %h server (Samba %v)
server string = Admin office, Debian Sid test machine #1 (Unix)
# Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section:
# WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable its WINS Server
; wins support = no
# WINS Server - Tells the NMBD components of Samba to be a WINS Client
# Note: Samba can be either a WINS Server, or a WINS Client, but NOT both
; wins server = w.x.y.z
wins server = 172.17.1.XX
# This will prevent nmbd to search for NetBIOS names through DNS.
dns proxy = no
# What naming service and in what order should we use to resolve host names
# to IP addresses
; name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast
#### Debugging/Accounting ####
# This tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine
# that connects
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
# Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb).
max log size = 1000
# If you want Samba to only log through syslog then set the following
# parameter to 'yes'.
; syslog only = no
# We want Samba to log a minimum amount of information to syslog. Everything
# should go to /var/log/samba/log.{smbd,nmbd} instead. If you want to log
# through syslog you should set the following parameter to something higher.
syslog = 0
# Do something sensible when Samba crashes: mail the admin a backtrace
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
####### Authentication #######
# "security = user" is always a good idea. This will require a Unix account
# in this server for every user accessing the server. See
# /usr/share/doc/samba-doc/htmldocs/ServerType.html in the samba-doc
# package for details.
; security = user
security = server
password server = XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX
# You may wish to use password encryption. See the section on
# 'encrypt passwords' in the smb.conf(5) manpage before enabling.
encrypt passwords = true
# If you are using encrypted passwords, Samba will need to know what
# password database type you are using.
passdb backend = tdbsam guest
obey pam restrictions = yes
; guest account = nobody
invalid users = root
# This boolean parameter controls whether Samba attempts to sync the Unix
# password with the SMB password when the encrypted SMB password in the
# passdb is changed.
; unix password sync = no
# For Unix password sync to work on a Debian GNU/Linux system, the following
# parameters must be set (thanks to Augustin Luton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for
# sending the correct chat script for the passwd program in Debian Potato).
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n
*Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n .
# This boolean controls whether PAM will be used for password changes
# when requested by an SMB client instead of the program listed in
# 'passwd program'. The default is 'no'.
; pam password change = no
########## Printing ##########
# If you want to automatically load your printer list rather
# than setting them up individually then you'll need this
; load printers = yes
# lpr(ng) printing. You may wish to override the location of the
# printcap file
; printing = bsd
; printcap name = /etc/printcap
# CUPS printing. See also the cupsaddsmb(8) manpage in the
# cupsys-client package.
printing = cups
printcap name = cups
# When using [print$], root is implicitly a 'printer admin', but you can
# also give this right to other users to add drivers and set printer
# properties
; printer admin = @ntadmin
######## File sharing ########
# Name mangling options
; preserve case = yes
; short preserve case = yes
############ Misc ############
# Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration
# on a per machine basis. The %m gets replaced with the netbios name
# of the machine that is connecting
; include = /home/samba/etc/smb.conf.%m
# Most people will find that this option gives better performance.
# See smb.conf(5) and /usr/share/doc/samba-doc/htmldocs/speed.html
# for details
# You may want to add the following on a Linux system:
# SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
socket options = TCP_NODELAY
# The following parameter is useful only if you have the linpopup package
# installed. The samba maintainer and the linpopup maintainer are
# working to ease installation and configuration of linpopup and samba.
; message command = /bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/linpopup "%f" "%m" %s; rm %s' &
# Domain Master specifies Samba to be the Domain Master Browser. If this
# machine will be configured as a BDC (a secondary logon server), you
# must set this to 'no'; otherwise, the default behavior is recommended.
; domain master = auto
# Some defaults for winbind (make sure you're not using the ranges
# for something else.)
; idmap uid = 10000-20000
; idmap gid = 10000-20000
; template shell = /bin/bash
#======================= Share Definitions =======================
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
# By default, the home directories are exported read-only. Change next
# parameter to 'yes' if you want to be able to write to them.
writable = no
# File creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want to
# create files with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775.
create mask = 0700
# Directory creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want to
# create dirs. with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775.
directory mask = 0700
# Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain Logons
# (you need to configure Samba to act as a domain controller too.)
;[netlogon]
; comment = Network Logon Service
; path = /home/samba/netlogon
; guest ok = yes
; writable = no
; share modes = no
;[printers]
; comment = All Printers
; browseable = no
; path = /tmp
; printable = yes
; public = no
; writable = no
; create mode = 0700
# Windows clients look for this share name as a source of downloadable
# printer drivers
[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /var/lib/samba/printers
browseable = yes
read only = yes
guest ok = no
# Uncomment to allow remote administration of Windows print drivers.
# Replace 'ntadmin' with the name of the group your admin users are
# members of.
; write list = root, @ntadmin
# A sample share for sharing your CD-ROM with others.
;[cdrom]
; comment = Samba server's CD-ROM
; writable = no
; locking = no
; path = /cdrom
; public = yes
# The next two parameters show how to auto-mount a CD-ROM when the
# cdrom share is accesed. For this to work /etc/fstab must contain
# an entry like this:
#
# /dev/scd0 /cdrom iso9660 defaults,noauto,ro,user 0 0
#
# The CD-ROM gets unmounted automatically after the connection to the
#
# If you don't want to use auto-mounting/unmounting make sure the CD
# is mounted on /cdrom
#
; preexec = /bin/mount /cdrom
; postexec = /bin/umount /cdrom
# This one is useful for people to share files
[transfer]
comment = Space to upload files
path = /Uploads
read only = no
public = yes
# A publicly accessible directory, but read only, except for people in
# the "staff" group
[public]
comment = Public Stuff
path = /Downloads
public = yes
writable = yes
printable = no
write list = adm
# A publicly accessible directory, but read only, except for people in
# the "staff" group
[dropbox]
comment = Drop box for CD writing
path = /Downloads/Mastering/Incoming
valid users = administrator, @ccc
writable = yes
printable = no
write list = @ccc
[inbox]
comment = Pickup box for net uploads
path = /Downloads/Uploads
valid users = administrator, @ccc
writable = yes
printable = no
write list = @ccc
[temp photos]
comment = Downloaded photos not yet uploaded to S: drive
path = /home/acli/INBOX
public = yes
writable = no
printable = no
[old S backup]
comment = Temporary and outdated backup of S:
path = /backup/S
public = no
valid users = administrator, @ccc
writable = no
printable = no
[cdrom]
comment = CDROM
path = /cdrom
public = yes
writable = no
printable = no
locking = no
[sys]
comment = Netware compatibility share
path = /var/SYS
public = yes
writable = no
printable = no
#[win95]
# comment = Windows 95 installation disk for IBM brand computers
# path = /D/cdrom
# public = yes
# writable = no
# printable = no
[stc880]
comment = Epson Stylus Color 880
# Win2K requires "Epson Stylus Color 880"; idiots...
# printer driver = Epson Stylus COLOR 880 ESC/P 2
printer driver = Epson Stylus Color 880
path = /tmp
printer = stc880
public = yes
writable = no
printable = yes
guest ok = yes
[ljet4_mkt]
comment = HP LaserJet 4L with software RIP
# Win2K requires "Epson Stylus Color 880"; idiots...
# printer driver = Epson Stylus COLOR 880 ESC/P 2
printer driver = IBM Laser Printer 17
path = /tmp
printer = ljet4_mkt
public = yes
writable = no
printable = yes
guest ok = yes
# Other examples.
#
# A private printer, usable only by fred. Spool data will be placed in fred's
# home directory. Note that fred must have write access to the spool directory,
# wherever it is.
;[fredsprn]
; comment = Fred's Printer
; valid users = fred
; path = /home/fred
; printer = freds_printer
; public = no
; writable = no
; printable = yes
# A private directory, usable only by fred. Note that fred requires write
# access to the directory.
;[fredsdir]
; comment = Fred's Service
; path = /usr/somewhere/private
; valid users = fred
; public = no
; writable = yes
; printable = no
# a service which has a different directory for each machine that connects
# this allows you to tailor configurations to incoming machines. You could
# also use the %U option to tailor it by user name.
# The %m gets replaced with the machine name that is connecting.
;[pchome]
; comment = PC Directories
; path = /usr/local/pc/%m
; public = no
; writable = yes
# A publicly accessible directory, read/write to all users. Note that all files
# created in the directory by users will be owned by the default user, so
# any user with access can delete any other user's files. Obviously this
# directory must be writable by the default user. Another user could of course
# be specified, in which case all files would be owned by that user instead.
;[public]
; path = /usr/somewhere/else/public
; public = yes
; only guest = yes
; writable = yes
; printable = no
# The following two entries demonstrate how to share a directory so that two
# users can place files there that will be owned by the specific users. In this
# setup, the directory should be writable by both users and should have the
# sticky bit set on it to prevent abuse. Obviously this could be extended to
# as many users as required.
;[myshare]
; comment = Mary's and Fred's stuff
; path = /usr/somewhere/shared
; valid users = mary fred
; public = no
; writable = yes
; printable = no
; create mask = 0765
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