To whom this may concern:
I think I may have encountered an obscure and non-critical
bug in vfs.c. Below I will explain it, however if you have any
questions or need any clarification feel free to email me (please copy
me with replies to the list as I am not a member of the list).
There are three sections to this report:
1) DESCRIPTION - detailed description of the bug
2) TESTING - basics tests that to show it is not me
3) TESTPARM - output from testparm
I have checked google groups, the mailing list archives as well as the
samba documentation and could not find any relevant information about
this bug.
I have attempted to make the bug report as detailed and specific as
possible. Let me know if such bug reports help and I will continue
to send any when I encounter problems that I almost certain are bugs.
--------------------------DESCRIPTION-----------------------------
VERSIONS EFFECTED:
This bug has been reproduced on:
Samba Versions: 2.2.8, 2.2.6, 2.2.3, 2.2.0
Kernels reproduced on: 2.2.18, 2.2.19, 2.4.20, 2.4.21-pre5
Clients: Windows98 OSR2
With both Mandrake-distributed RPMS and built-from-source installs from
samba.org.
SYMPTOM:
Users complain that when they "browse" the shares on the samba server
(nothing particular) that every once in a while it will "pause" for a
long time and then display directory. This is accompanied by errors in
the log files which I will present below.
INFORMATION:
I have a samba share with many iso images mounted on the loopback
interface within them. This error occurs regardless if they are
browsing the files within the loopback iso, however it only occurs when
they are accessing the share that contains the loopback isos.
* Here is one such example:
A Mandrake ISO is mounted on loopback (as 'df -h' shows):
/home/pub/Software/linux/dist/mandrake/8.0/i586/8.0-Traktopel-rc1-CD1.i586.iso
636M 636M 0 100%
/home/pub/Software/linux/dist/mandrake/8.0-Traktopel-rc1-CD1.i586
* And the share is defined as (some things are mangled with 'X' for
security):
[documents]
comment = Internal Server Documents -- Map to a Windows drive letter
path = /home/pub
public = yes
writable = yes
printable = no
create mask = 7777
directory mask = 7777
force create mode = 0664
force directory mode = 0775
guest ok = yes
hide dot files = yes
hide files = bin/lib/etc/msgs/ls-lR/mounts/
level2 oplocks = true
oplocks = true
veto oplock files =
/*.ldb/*.LDB/*.mdb/*.MDB/*XXXXX/*XXXXX/*XXXXXX/XXXX*/XXXX*/
Once in a while when a user browses the share, the following errors show
up over and over again in the logs:
[2003/04/14 12:02:58, 2] smbd/vfs.c:readlink_check(755)
Bad access attempt?
s=/home/pub/Software/linux/dist/mandrake/8.0/i586/8.0-Traktopel-rc1-CD1.i586/Mandrake/mdkinst/usr/lib/X11
dir=/home/pub newname=/home/X11R6/lib/X11?-@???] l=9
[2003/04/14 12:02:58, 2] smbd/vfs.c:reduce_name(864)
Bad access attemt?
Software/linux/dist/mandrake/8.0/i586/8.0-Traktopel-rc1-CD1.i586/Mandrake/mdkinst/usr/lib/X11
is a symlink outside the share pathBad access attempt?
s=/home/pub/Software/linux/dist/mandrake/8.0/i586/8.0-Traktopel-rc1-CD1.i586/Mandrake/mdkinst/usr/share/locale/ISO-8859-15/LC_MESSAGES
dir=/home/pub newname=/home/UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES@???q l=9
[2003/04/14 12:03:01, 2] smbd/vfs.c:reduce_name(864)
Bad access attemt?
Software/linux/dist/mandrake/8.0/i586/8.0-Traktopel-rc1-CD1.i586/Mandrake/mdkinst/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES
is a symlink outside the share pathBad access attempt?
s=/home/pub/Software/linux/dist/mandrake/8.0/i586/8.0-Traktopel-rc1-CD1.i586/Mandrake/mdkinst/usr/share/locale/CP1256/LC_MESSAGES
dir=/home/pub newname=/home/UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES@???q l=9
Note that the "readlink_check" only shows up once and that it is the
"reduce_name" that occurs over and over again. Also note that the
output in the logs gets garbled when this occurs -- it is not a
mis-paste or typo. Perhaps this could be a buffer over-run?
Please also note that anything under
"/home/pub/Software/linux/dist/mandrake/8.0/i586/8.0-Traktopel-rc1-CD1.i586"
resides on an ISO image mounted to loopback and that the files it
complains about (and subsequently garbled) have no particular pattern
other then they are on an ISO loopback. Some, but not all, of the files
it complains about such as:
/home/pub/Software/linux/dist/mandrake/8.0/i586/8.0-Traktopel-rc1-CD1.i586/Mandrake/mdkinst/usr/lib/X11
Are soft links back to previous directories (that do exist) within the
mounted iso:
[root@photon lib]# pwd
/home/pub/Software/linux/dist/mandrake/8.0/i586/8.0-Traktopel-rc1-CD1.i586/Mandrake/mdkinst/usr/lib
[root@photon lib]# ls -la
total 29
dr-xr-xr-x 7 root root 2048 Apr 8 2001 ./
dr-xr-xr-x 7 root root 2048 Apr 8 2001 ../
lr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 16 Jan 4 2001 X11 ->
../X11R6/lib/X11/
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 6144 Apr 8 2001 gconv/
dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 2048 Apr 8 2001 gtk/
dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 2048 Apr 8 2001 kbd/
-r-xr-xr-x 4 root root 10808 Apr 6 2001 libimlib-png.so*
dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 2048 Apr 8 2001 perl5/
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 Apr 8 2001 rpm/
When the loopback isos are umounted, the errors disappear. Note that
everything else in the share other then the loopback ISOs are on one
partition with a Reiserfs filesystem ( version 3.6.25 ).
Below is my output from testparm (with some vales mangled with 'X' for
security):
----------------------------TESTING-------------------------------
NETWORK:
Network is fine:
* FTP transfers at 8 MB/s
* SMB transfers at 7 MB/s
* netperf reports 95.5 Mbit/s
* TX/RX on card reports errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
SMB is fine:
* no errors in the logs other then the one mentioned above,
password errors (expected) and chmod errors (expected).
Computer is fine:
* no hardware errors in the syslog at all
----------------------------TESTPARM-------------------------------
# Global parameters
[global]
coding system =
client code page = 850
code page directory = /var/lib/samba/codepages
workgroup = XXX
netbios name = XXXXXX
netbios aliases = XXXXXX
netbios scope =
server string = XXX Disk/Internet Server
interfaces = XXX.XXX.X.X/XX
bind interfaces only = Yes
security = USER
encrypt passwords = Yes
update encrypted = No
allow trusted domains = Yes
hosts equiv =
min passwd length = 5
map to guest = Bad User
null passwords = Yes
obey pam restrictions = No
password server =
smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
root directory =
pam password change = No
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *New*UNIX*password* %n\n
*ReType*new*UNIX*password* %n\n
*passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
passwd chat debug = No
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
password level = 0
username level = 15
unix password sync = Yes
restrict anonymous = No
lanman auth = Yes
use rhosts = No
admin log = No
log level = 2
syslog = 1
syslog only = No
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 150
timestamp logs = Yes
debug hires timestamp = No
debug pid = No
debug uid = No
protocol = NT1
large readwrite = Yes
max protocol = NT1
min protocol = CORE
read bmpx = No
read raw = Yes
write raw = Yes
acl compatibility =
nt smb support = Yes
nt pipe support = Yes
nt status support = Yes
announce version = 4.9
announce as = NT
max mux = 50
max xmit = 16644
name resolve order = host wins lmhosts bcast
max ttl = 259200
max wins ttl = 518400
min wins ttl = 21600
time server = Yes
unix extensions = No
change notify timeout = 300
deadtime = 0
getwd cache = Yes
keepalive = 0
lpq cache time = 10
max smbd processes = 0
max disk size = 0
max open files = 10000
name cache timeout = 660
read size = 32768
socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_SNDBUF=8192
SO_KEEPALIVE
stat cache size = 50
use mmap = Yes
total print jobs = 0
load printers = Yes
printcap name = cups
disable spoolss = No
enumports command =
addprinter command =
deleteprinter command =
show add printer wizard = Yes
os2 driver map =
strip dot = No
mangling method = hash
character set =
mangled stack = 50
stat cache = Yes
domain admin group =
domain guest group =
machine password timeout = 604800
add user script =
delete user script =
logon script =
logon path = \\%N\%U\profile
logon drive =
logon home = \\%N\%U
domain logons = Yes
os level = 65
lm announce = No
lm interval = 60
preferred master = Yes
local master = Yes
domain master = Yes
browse list = Yes
enhanced browsing = Yes
dns proxy = Yes
wins proxy = Yes
wins server =
wins support = Yes
wins hook =
kernel oplocks = No
lock spin count = 3
lock spin time = 10
oplock break wait time = 0
add share command =
change share command =
delete share command =
config file =
preload =
lock dir = /var/cache/samba
pid directory = /var/run/samba
utmp directory =
wtmp directory =
utmp = No
default service =
message command = csh -c 'xedit %s;rm %s' &
dfree command =
valid chars =
remote announce = XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
remote browse sync =
socket address = 0.0.0.0
homedir map = auto.home
time offset = 0
NIS homedir = No
source environment =
panic action =
hide local users = No
host msdfs = No
winbind uid =
winbind gid =
template homedir = /home/%D/%U
template shell = /bin/false
winbind separator = \
winbind cache time = 15
winbind enum users = Yes
winbind enum groups = Yes
winbind use default domain = No
comment =
path =
alternate permissions = No
username =
guest account = anonymous
invalid users =
valid users =
admin users =
read list = ftp
write list =
printer admin = root, +ntadmin
force user =
force group =
read only = Yes
create mask = 0744
force create mode = 00
security mask = 0777
force security mode = 00
directory mask = 0755
force directory mode = 00
directory security mask = 0777
force directory security mode = 00
force unknown acl user = 00
inherit permissions = No
inherit acls = No
guest only = No
guest ok = No
only user = No
hosts allow = 192.168.0. 127. 192.168.148.
hosts deny =
status = Yes
nt acl support = Yes
profile acls = No
block size = 1024
max connections = 0
min print space = 0
strict allocate = No
strict sync = No
sync always = No
use sendfile = No
write cache size = 65536
max print jobs = 1000
printable = No
postscript = No
printing = cups
print command = lpr -r -P%p %s
lpq command = lpq -P%p
lprm command = lprm -P%p %j
lppause command =
lpresume command =
queuepause command =
queueresume command =
printer name =
use client driver = No
default devmode = No
printer driver =
printer driver file = /etc/samba/printers.def
printer driver location =
default case = lower
case sensitive = No
preserve case = Yes
short preserve case = Yes
mangle case = No
mangling char = ~
hide dot files = Yes
hide unreadable = No
delete veto files = No
veto files =
hide files = netlogon/
veto oplock files =
map system = No
map hidden = No
map archive = Yes
mangled names = Yes
mangled map =
browseable = Yes
blocking locks = Yes
csc policy = manual
fake oplocks = No
locking = Yes
oplocks = Yes
level2 oplocks = Yes
oplock contention limit = 2
posix locking = Yes
strict locking = No
share modes = Yes
copy =
include =
exec =
preexec close = No
postexec =
root preexec =
root preexec close = No
root postexec =
available = Yes
volume =
fstype = NTFS
set directory = No
wide links = No
follow symlinks = Yes
dont descend =
magic script =
magic output =
delete readonly = No
dos filemode = No
dos filetimes = No
dos filetime resolution = No
fake directory create times = No
vfs object =
vfs options =
msdfs root = No
[homes]
comment = Home Directory -- Only Viewable by You
path = /home/%u
read only = No
create mask = 0600
force create mode = 0600
directory mask = 0700
force directory mode = 0700
guest ok = Yes
browseable = No
[public_html]
comment = Put your web pages here
path = /home/%u/public_html
read only = No
create mask = 0755
force create mode = 0644
force directory mode = 0755
guest ok = Yes
[tmp]
comment = Temporary file space
path = /home/pub/tmp
read only = No
create mask = 07777
force create mode = 0664
directory mask = 07777
[documents]
comment = Internal Server Documents -- Map to a Windows drive
letter
path = /home/pub
read only = No
create mask = 07777
force create mode = 0664
directory mask = 07777
force directory mode = 0775
guest ok = Yes
hide files = bin/lib/etc/msgs/ls-lR/mounts/
veto oplock files
/*.ldb/*.LDB/*.mdb/*.MDB/*XXXXXX/*XXXX/*XXXXXX/XXXX*/XXXX*/
[pchome]
comment = Put Your Private PC Files Here.
path = /home/pchome/%u
read only = No
create mask = 0600
force create mode = 0600
directory mask = 0700
force directory mode = 0700
guest ok = Yes
hide files = bin/lib/etc/
[backups]
comment = Weekly online backups of all files
path = /mnt/backup
guest ok = Yes
fake oplocks = Yes
[printers]
comment = XXXXXXXXXXXX
path = /var/spool/samba
printer admin = root
guest ok = Yes
printable = Yes
browseable = No
[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /var/lib/samba/printers
write list = root
guest ok = Yes
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-- Chris Gleba
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