On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 08:06:49 -0700 Mike Dillinger <miked@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On 04/29/11 06:32 AM, Jeff Layton wrote: > > On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 07:13:05 -0500 > > Shirish Pargaonkar<shirishpargaonkar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 2:27 PM, Mike<miked@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> Hopefully I am submitting this to the correct email list. I have been doing > >>> Google searches and haven't found anyone that has the same string in their > >>> log file, so I'm looking for help on this issue. > >>> > >>> Recently I lost my hard drive and had to reinstall Debian. I am now getting > >>> these errors in /var/log/syslog and I can't figure out why: > >>> Apr 28 11:57:05 rockenfield kernel: [1479867.192022] CIFS VFS: Server peart > >>> has not responded in 300 seconds. Reconnecting... > >>> > >>> The weird thing is that there are no problems. I can view the shares on the > >>> remote Windows machine (peart is WinXP 64 SP2) with no problems whatsoever. > >>> Also my Windows machine can see my samba shares as well, so both directions > >>> work fine and I'm not sure why these messages are occurring. > >>> > >>> > >>> Here is my /etc/fstab (samba/cifs mounts only, trimmed to applicable > >>> content): > >>> //peart/mp3 /mnt/peart/mp3 cifs > >>> defaults,credentials=/etc/samba/smbpass.peart,_netdev 0 0 > >>> //peart/software /mnt/peart/software cifs > >>> defaults,credentials=/etc/samba/smbpass.peart,_netdev 0 0 > >>> //peart/backup /mnt/peart/backup cifs > >>> defaults,credentials=/etc/samba/smbpass.peart,_netdev 0 0 > >>> //peart/dvd /mnt/peart/dvd cifs > >>> defaults,credentials=/etc/samba/smbpass.peart,_netdev 0 0 > >>> > >>> > >>> Here is my /etc/samba/smb.conf: > >>> [global] > >>> workgroup = HOME_NETWORK > >>> netbios name = ROCKENFIELD > >>> server string = %h server - Debian GNU/Linux > >>> dns proxy = no > >>> name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast > >>> interfaces = 192.168.123.0/24 eth1 > >>> bind interfaces only = yes > >>> hosts allow = 192.168.123. > >>> log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m > >>> max log size = 1000 > >>> syslog = 0 > >>> panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d > >>> security = user > >>> encrypt passwords = true > >>> passdb backend = tdbsam > >>> obey pam restrictions = yes > >>> 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 > >>> socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 > >>> [homes] > >>> comment = Home Directories > >>> browseable = no > >>> read only = no > >>> create mask = 0700 > >>> directory mask = 0700 > >>> valid users = %S > >>> [printers] > >>> comment = All Printers > >>> browseable = no > >>> path = /var/spool/samba > >>> printable = yes > >>> guest ok = no > >>> read only = yes > >>> create mask = 0700 > >>> [print$] > >>> comment = Printer Drivers > >>> path = /var/lib/samba/printers > >>> browseable = yes > >>> read only = yes > >>> guest ok = no > >>> > >>> > >>> I am running Debian wheezy/testing (7.0). The kernel version is > >>> 2.6.38-2-amd64. Samba version is 3.5.8~dfsg-1 (obtained from "dpkg -l | > >>> grep samba"). This is just a home network, so I don't have a Domain > >>> Controller or anything fancy. It's just a Debian box and a WinXP box and > >>> I'm sharing files/directories on each side. > >>> > >>> Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks! > >>> -MikeD > >>> -- > >>> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-cifs" in > >>> the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > >>> > >> May be some issues like firewall etc.? > >> Can you capture wireshark traces on either side and see if you see > >> any network in response to a mount reuqest from a cifs client? > > To be clear... > > > > What sort of host is "peart" here? WinXP? > > peart is WinXP 64 SP2, and the Linux machine is running Debian wheezy. > The XP firewall is off and the internet security firewall (Kaspersky > Internet Security) is off. > > The firewall thing doesn't make sense, or else it seems to me that I > wouldn't be able to view the remote data. The remote side *always* > works when I view the file share. I have even tried during viewing the > data multiple times during the 5 minute interval where syslog states the > host is not responding. I will capture Wireshark traces though if there > aren't any other suggestions. > Nothing I can think of. We'll need to see what's happening to the echo request being sent to the server. What may be best is to open a bug at bugzilla.samba.org to track this. If you do that, please cc me on it. Thanks, -- Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-cifs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html