Kostur, Andre
2005-Jul-22 01:04 UTC
[Samba] nmbd intermittently delaying responses to name querie s
> My PDC Samba nmbd is intermittently delaying responses to > name queries. As > an example, i run: > > nmblookup -U 192.168.75.11 -R "PDC#1C" > > from a member server, and the .11 machine will respond. > Repeat this a few > times, and the .11 machine stops reponding. After a while > (and you keep > trying, add "-d 10" to the command-line...) the .11 starts > responding again. > Sometimes with what appears to be a queued up set of > responses (ie: the > output of nmblookup shows only 2 requests going to the .11 > box, but the .11 > box responds 12 times). If I run a "tcpdump port 137" on > the .11 box, I > can see the requests arriving at the box.More information: It seems whenever the nmbd isn't answering, the process appears to be stuck in a certain mode. hostname:~# ps -le F S UID PID PPID C PRI NI ADDR SZ WCHAN TTY TIME CMD 4 S 0 25538 25537 0 69 0 - 1490 wait_f pts/0 00:00:00 nmbd Does anybody have any idea what might be causing this?