samba - Jan 2002 - SAMBA CORE DUMPING?

The SAMBA server (version 2.0.7) is being hosted from AIX (version 4.3.3.0.08),
and has been set up to serve an NT domain community.

SAMBA is frequently suffering sizable core dumps at the very time an NT SMS
server attempts to affect SMS operations on it (syslog confirms this!).

I've already tried to get our NT people exclude this AIX system from daily
SMS access, but to no avail.

IS THERE A FIX/PATCH FOR THIS TYPE OF THING, AND/OR IS THERE SOME WAY I CAN
CONFIGURE SAMBA OR AIX TO PREVENT THIS TYPE OF ACCESS.

Your input on this would be gratefully received.

Regards.

Antony Gould


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On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 gouldantony@netscape.net wrote:
> The SAMBA server (version 2.0.7) is being hosted from AIX (version
4.3.3.0.08), and has been set up to serve an NT domain community.
>
> SAMBA is frequently suffering sizable core dumps at the very time an NT SMS
server attempts to affect SMS operations on it (syslog confirms this!).
>
> I've already tried to get our NT people exclude this AIX system from
daily SMS access, but to no avail.
>
> IS THERE A FIX/PATCH FOR THIS TYPE OF THING, AND/OR IS THERE SOME WAY I CAN
CONFIGURE SAMBA OR AIX TO PREVENT THIS TYPE OF ACCESS.
Firstly, any core dump (or sig11) is a Samba bug - even if MS's SMS caused
it.  Could you please try out a later Samba version (2.2.2 is current
stable)?  Also, there is a MS KnowlegeBase article about a similar thing
to this - I think the SMS stuff will mess will the NT machine running it
as well.  Search for 'Samba' should find it.

Andrew Bartlett

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