samba - Jan 2002 - Error Messages posted by Samba

After mounting some Windows 2000 folders on my Linux Box, Samba started posting
error messages.

I mount the folders with:

   mount //WAD/WadShare
   mount //WAD/cygwinTmp
   mount //WAD/homeNorm
   mount //WAD/Carmen
  
where the relevant entries in /etc/fstab are

  //WAD/WadShare  /wad                  smbfs  
username=norm,noauto,uid=root,gid=root
  //WAD/cygwinTmp /wad/cygwin/tmp       smbfs  
username=norm,noauto,uid=norm,gid=norm
  //WAD/homeNorm  /wad/cygwin/home/norm smbfs  
username=norm,noauto,uid=norm,gid=norm
  //WAD/Carmen    /warmen               smbfs  
username=norm,noauto,uid=norm,gid=norm

Some recent samba erorr messages in /var/log/messages are:

  Jan 27 10:24:55 dad kernel: smb_request: result -32, setting invalid 
  Jan 27 10:24:56 dad kernel: smb_retry: new pid=24372, generation=61 
  Jan 27 10:24:56 dad kernel: smb_request: result -32, setting invalid 
  Jan 27 10:24:56 dad kernel: smb_retry: new pid=24376, generation=28 
  Jan 27 10:24:56 dad kernel: smb_request: result -32, setting invalid 
  Jan 27 10:24:56 dad kernel: smb_retry: new pid=24380, generation=27 
  Jan 27 10:24:56 dad kernel: smb_request: result -32, setting invalid 
  Jan 27 10:24:56 dad kernel: smb_retry: new pid=13171, generation=29 

ls /wad   yields
  
  ls: /wad/hiberfil.sys: Text file busy
  ls: /wad/pagefile.sys: Text file busy
  BACKUP        DRIVERS                 NTDETECT.COM               cygwin
  BOOT.INI      Documents and Settings  NTLDR                      jdk1.3.1_01
  BOOTSECT.DOS  I386                    PUTTY.RND                  norm
  DELL          IO.SYS                  Program Files              setup.log
  DELL.SDR      IPH.PH                  RECYCLED                  
setup.log.full
  DELLUTIL      Install Spinner         RECYCLER                   ssh
  DISCOVER      Install Winamp          System Volume Information  waste
  DMI           MSDOS.SYS               WINNT
  DOS           My Music                YAMAHA

ls /warmen works correctly.

Can I safely ignore all these error messages?



    Norman Shapiro
    798 Barron Avenue
    Palo Alto CA 94306-3109
    (650) 565-8215
    norm@dad.org

On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 norm@dad.org wrote:
> Some recent samba erorr messages in /var/log/messages are:
> 
>   Jan 27 10:24:55 dad kernel: smb_request: result -32, setting invalid 
The server has disconnected because you have been idle on the mount for
too long ...
>   Jan 27 10:24:56 dad kernel: smb_retry: new pid=24372, generation=61 
... but smbmount reconnected.
> ls /wad   yields
>   
>   ls: /wad/hiberfil.sys: Text file busy
>   ls: /wad/pagefile.sys: Text file busy
This is just the server not letting the client read the attributes on
these files. It's harmless.
> Can I safely ignore all these error messages?
Yes.

/Urban