On Sat, 2003-05-24 at 02:58, Y Makki wrote: I am experiencing the same problem. the client is 2 RHL9 with all errata. as a workstation installation. on differnet hardware. i use security = server (also tried with security=domain behave the same) password server = 192.168.1.10 (tried with netbios name too) wins server = 192.168.1.10 i have tried with adding names to hosts and lmhosts file to avoid name lookup problems. the w2k server is also the only ip in the resolv.conf file the password server is a w2k server and this server works fine against RHL 7.2 - 7.3 - 8 the samba server is a rhl 7.3 with all errata, and a gentoo linux with a barebone system + samba. the RHL9 client behaves identical against both servers. the behavior is as folows. i always try to mount/umount the same share over and over again every second/third mount couses the mount to hang, i can return to the prompt with ctrl+c i have tried using -fstab (hang on boot) -autofs (hang when entering directory) -mount -t smbfs (hang on command line) all behave in same fashion and create the same prosesses if the mount goes well i end up with one mount.smbfs prosess running as a 'deamon' with PPID = 1 F UID PID PPID PRI NI VSZ RSS WCHAN STAT TTY TIME COMMAND 1 0 4464 1 24 0 4488 1696 pause S ? 0:00 /sbin/mount.smbfs //filsrv/linux /mnt/filsrv/linux/ -o rw userna me ronny password XXXXX pstree output |├─mount.smbfs | as expected if it hangs i have 2 mount.smbfs and my hanging mount command like this F UID PID PPID PRI NI VSZ RSS WCHAN STAT TTY TIME COMMAND 0 0 4261 3645 15 0 3460 480 wait4 S pts/0 0:00 mount -t smbfs //filsrv/linux /mnt/filsrv/linux/ -o username=ronny,password=ronny 4 0 4262 4261 22 0 4612 1804 schedu S pts/0 0:00 /sbin/mount.smbfs //filsrv/linux /mnt/filsrv/linux/ -o rw username ronny password XXXXX 1 0 4263 4262 22 0 4488 1696 pause S ? 0:00 /sbin/mount.smbfs //filsrv/linux /mnt/filsrv/linux/ -o rw username ronny password XXXXX pstree output |├─gnome-terminal─┬─bash───su───bash───mount───mount.smbfs───mount.smbfs | the mount point function as normal and i can read/read write files in both conditions. i can provide a strace on request. it seams like the last mount.smbfs dosn't go deamon properly. anyone have anything else i can try? i'm running out of ideas. adding & isn't an option, it returns to the shell ofcouse, but the prosess is hanging in the background. mvh Ronny Aasen > > My mistake, I did forget to append & to the commands, I'll try that on > next reboot. However mounting via console as I mentioned hangs on the > second command; they are both identical, the second one just refers to > another share on the same machine. The end result is they are both > mounted correctly of course, but I have to ctrl-c out of it. > Very strange, I won't bust my head over it if it works through > rc.local.. > > #!/bin/sh > # > # This script will be executed *after* all the other init scripts. > # You can put your own initialization stuff in here if you don't > # want to do the full Sys V style init stuff. > > touch /var/lock/subsys/local > > # Mount SMB shares > > mount -t smbfs -o username=*****,password=*****,uid=500 //fs1/storage1 > /mnt/storage1 > # mount -t smbfs -o username=*****,password=*****,uid=500 //fs1/storage2 > /mnt/storage2 > > # lm_sensors > # modprobe i2c-i801 > # modprobe w83781d > > > > On Fri, 2003-05-23 at 07:57, ddembrow@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Y Makki: > > > > It is hard to tell what is wrong without a sample rc.local script file. > > However, I suspect the commands being executed with rc.local script are not > > being run as a background task so the script waits for the command to > > return and it never does. > > > > Original message: > > >Hello again > > > > > >Something I just tried which I think is worth mentioning, mounting from > > >the console does work fine, except the mount command hangs on the second > > >smb mount I try. I can however ctrl-c out of it, and it is actually > > >mounted properly. > > > > > >Thanks again > > > > > > > > >On Thu, 2003-05-22 at 10:30, Y Makki wrote: > > >> Hello > > >> > > >> Thanks to everyone who responded last time I posted about this problem. > > >> It was suggested I use /etc/rc.local for my smb mounting needs, which I > > >> did. Now the problem is, I don't remember if this started happening > > >> immediately, or worked fine a couple of times, but right now booting up > > >> the system hangs on the last service it usually starts: > > >> Starting Red Hat Network Daemon [OK] > > >> I tried disabling that service, it would hang on service 'local'. > > >> Commenting out anything related to smb mounts in /etc/rc.local fixes the > > >> problem. Any ideas here? > > >> > > >> Thanks > > >> > > > > > > -- Ronny Aasen <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>