Hi, All. I hope everyone's enjoying the nice weather. I am called the system admin here, but really I just fell into the job over the past 25 years. Is there a way to search the archives? My problem is that I've suddenly got 6 WinXP desktops that can access only 1 of my 5 smb servers, 4 of which run on Linux and 1 on SCO Unix. The 1 they can access runs Linux with Samba version 3.0.26a and is also my DHCP server and WINS server. SCO Unix runs 2.2.5. Others are versions 3.4.0, 3.5.4, and 3.0.28a. All servers are setup with security = share. I use file permissions to control access. I have had SCO and 1 Linux running in virtual machines via vmware and virtualbox for about 9 months. In general, I have been running Linux with Samba this way for 8 years and SCO with Samba for 10. Everything was fine on Wednesday, 6/17 and on Thursday morning WinXP had no access. It reports error 58. I have 5 Linux desktops that report no problems and have access to all servers via smb. No WinXP updates had been installed that I know of and none on Linux, either. My initial feeling was to blame my switch, but my laptop, running WinXP, can access all servers plugged into the same cat5 cable as any desktop. This one's got me stumped and is stalling my operation. Thanks for any help, -- Alex P Janssen Jr Charlottesville, Virginia
On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 03:31:37PM -0400, Alex wrote:> I hope everyone's enjoying the nice weather. > > I am called the system admin here, but really I just fell into the > job over the past 25 years. > > Is there a way to search the archives? > > My problem is that I've suddenly got 6 WinXP desktops that can > access only 1 of my 5 smb servers, 4 of which run on Linux and 1 on > SCO Unix. The 1 they can access runs Linux with Samba version > 3.0.26a and is also my DHCP server and WINS server. SCO Unix runs > 2.2.5. Others are versions 3.4.0, 3.5.4, and 3.0.28a. All servers > are setup with security = share. I use file permissions to control > access. I have had SCO and 1 Linux running in virtual machines via > vmware and virtualbox for about 9 months. In general, I have been > running Linux with Samba this way for 8 years and SCO with Samba for > 10. > > Everything was fine on Wednesday, 6/17 and on Thursday morning WinXP > had no access. It reports error 58. I have 5 Linux desktops that > report no problems and have access to all servers via smb. > > No WinXP updates had been installed that I know of and none on > Linux, either. > > My initial feeling was to blame my switch, but my laptop, running > WinXP, can access all servers plugged into the same cat5 cable as > any desktop.Take a look at https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8238 Volker -- SerNet GmbH, Bahnhofsallee 1b, 37081 G?ttingen phone: +49-551-370000-0, fax: +49-551-370000-9 AG G?ttingen, HRB 2816, GF: Dr. Johannes Loxen
Alex said the following on 06/17/2011 03:31 PM:> > No WinXP updates had been installed that I know of and none on Linux, > either. > >Ok. I spoke too soon. I just found out that on Thursday morning at 3am my WinXP desktops downloaded and installed "Software Distribution Service 3.0" from Microsoft. That broke the connectivity. As soon as I restored WinXP to the day before that update, all was well again. Sorry for jumping to the list before completing a thorough investigation at my site. Thanks for your offers of help, Alex -- Alex P Janssen Jr 3350 Watts Station Drive Charlottesville, VA 22911 434-973-8712 alex at ourwoods.org