A friend of mine is running Samba (samba-2.0.3-8) on a couple RedHat Linux
6.0 machines. He is sharing files bilaterally at work with a WinNT
machine and at home with a Win9x machine.
In both places, he is getting a large number of SMB error messages. I'm
not sure whether these are from the smbfs (smbmount) or from the Windoze
machines accessing the Linux drives, though I suspect the former. I've
attached a sample of the messages below. The smb_proc_readdir_long
messages are definitely smbfs messages, since they're referring to items
on the Micro$oft system.
Can anyone explain these messages and suggest what might be causing this
problem? Any insight would be appreciated.
pete peterson
GenRad, Inc.
7 Technology Park Drive
Westford, MA 01886-0033
petersonp@genrad.com or rep@genrad.com
+1-978-589-7478 (GenRad); +1-978-256-5829 (Home: Chelmsford, MA)
+1-978-589-2088 (Closest FAX); +1-978-589-7007 (Main GenRad FAX)
***************************************************************************>From dmesg
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smb_get_length: recv error = 5
smb_request: result -5, setting invalid
smb_retry: new pid=7299, generation=3
smb_get_length: recv error = 5
smb_request: result -5, setting invalid
smb_retry: new pid=7299, generation=4
(this continued up to "generation=7")
smb_get_length: recv error = 5
smb_request: result -5, setting invalid
smb_retry: caught signal
smb_retry: caught signal
smb_proc_readdir_long: name=nspect.exe, entries=624, rcls=2, err=1
smb_refill_dircache: readdir failed, result=-23
smb_proc_readdir_long: name=\RECYCLED\*, entries=0, rcls=2, err=1
smb_refill_dircache: readdir failed, result=-23
smb_proc_readdir_long: name=\Program Files\*, entries=0, rcls=2, err=1
smb_refill_dircache: readdir failed, result=-23
smb_proc_readdir_long: name=\My Documents\*, entries=0, rcls=2, err=1
smb_refill_dircache: readdir failed, result=-23
smb_proc_readdir_long: name=\TEMP\*, entries=0, rcls=2, err=1
smb_refill_dircache: readdir failed, result=-23
smb_proc_readdir_long: name=\PAGEMGR\*, entries=0, rcls=2, err=1
smb_refill_dircache: readdir failed, result=-23
smb_proc_readdir_long: name=\VSTASCAN\*, entries=0, rcls=2, err=1
smb_refill_dircache: readdir failed, result=-23
smb_proc_readdir_long: name=\graphics\*, entries=0, rcls=2, err=1
smb_refill_dircache: readdir failed, result=-23
smb_proc_readdir_long: name=\local\*, entries=0, rcls=2, err=1
smb_refill_dircache: readdir failed, result=-23
(followed by a bunch more similar entries)
smb_get_length: recv error = 5
smb_request: result -5, setting invalid
smb_dont_catch_keepalive: server->data_ready == NULL
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In /var/log/messages there were similar messages and some others:
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Nov 7 13:53:50 scrappy kernel: SMBFS: Win 95 bug fixes enabled
Nov 7 13:55:16 scrappy kernel: SMBFS: Win 95 bug fixes enabled
