samba - Apr 2022 - [EXTERNAL]:Re: A disconnected network can, for all practical purposes, hang your system.

On Thu, 2022-04-07 at 10:34 +0000, Jaideep Shankar
wrote:
> > OK, but you called it 'Samba' :-)
> 
> Sorry for that, it was a copy paste error.
> 
> > Have you tried connecting from two Linux machines ? If so, do you
> > get the same result ? It is possible that the Win10 machine is not
> > releasing the lock.
> 
> I have not tried that, but I'm afraid that wouldn't help, since
this
> is a valid scenario of usage. The windows 10 machine was disconnected
> from the network, so whatever it does, will not affect the
> interactions between the Linux server and the Linux client.
What I was trying to get at was: This may not be a Samba problem, it
may be a Windows problem. If you try this with two Linux clients and it
works, then it is a problem with the Windows client, it isn't releasing
its lock before disconnecting. If it is a Windows problem, then it is
very doubtful that Samba can fix it.

Also please do not CC me in any replies, just reply to the list.

Rowland

On 4/7/22 13:00, Rowland Penny via samba wrote:
> What I was trying to get at was: This may not be a Samba problem, it
> may be a Windows problem. If you try this with two Linux clients and it
> works, then it is a problem with the Windows client, it isn't releasing
> its lock before disconnecting.
IIUIC what Jaideep means is "disconnecting"=[crashing,losing WiFi,LAN 
cable axed, etc...].

In that case the client (be it Windows, Linux or whatever) can't release 
its locks.
So how does/should Samba react to such a situation?

  bye
	av.