A bug report

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2001-10-24T15:52:03Z

Hi List,

I was using Samba 2.0.7, when I noticed a strange thing:
when mounting samba shares on windows machines, if the window machine crashes
while I am surfing the mounted FS my linux machine crashes too, completely.

So I updated it to Samba 2.2.1a. I havent checked if this behavior is changed
yet (I had no time), but I am trying to install a big software package
(300Mb) via network (I got a Linux Samba PDC). After a while the whole
network freezes! (and the windows machine freezes too, or course). No ip
packed is any more sent on the network after that. I got to run "ifconfig
eth0 down - ifconfig eth0 up" to make it work again.
This happens all the time.

My network is 10mbit, and during the process of installation gets VERY
overloaded (lots of collisions). Unfortunately I have not enough money to
upgrade. However nothing like this happens even if the network is overloaded.

I am using Suse Kernel 2.4.7, if it is important.

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