I have documented this problems 3 times now am am currently experiencing the worst one yet. I have samba shares that come up missing after a machine reboot while clients are connected to some shares. It seems to only be those directories that are mapped to samba, the share's still show up via a windows client but no data. (like missing 20 gigs) Even from teh Linux machine, I cant see the data. The last time this happened a couple reboots and my data reappeared. Is this filesystem related? Anyone ever heard of this? This time after 3 reboots some of teh dir structure has returned, but no data yet... Fedora core 1/ Samba 3/ ext3 thanks --gt
Greg, Please document how to reproduce this problem. We need specific step-by-step instructions to permit this to be investigated. - John T. On Thursday 23 September 2004 12:23, Greg Talbot wrote:> I have documented this problems 3 times now am am currently experiencing > the worst one yet. > > I have samba shares that come up missing after a machine reboot while > clients are connected to some shares. > It seems to only be those directories that are mapped to samba, the > share's still show up via a windows client but no data. (like missing 20 > gigs) Even from teh Linux machine, I cant see the data. The last time this > happened a couple reboots and my data reappeared. Is this filesystem > related? Anyone ever heard of this? This time after 3 reboots some of teh > dir structure has returned, but no data yet... > > Fedora core 1/ Samba 3/ ext3 > > thanks > --gt-- John H Terpstra Samba-Team Member Phone: +1 (650) 580-8668 Author: The Official Samba-3 HOWTO & Reference Guide, ISBN: 0131453556 Samba-3 by Example, ISBN: 0131472216 Hardening Linux, ISBN: 0072254971 OpenLDAP by Example, ISBN: 0131488732 Other books in production.
On Thursday 23 September 2004 21:23, Greg Talbot wrote:> I have documented this problems 3 times now am am currently experiencing > the worst one yet. > > I have samba shares that come up missing after a machine reboot while > clients are connected to some shares. > It seems to only be those directories that are mapped to samba, the > share's still show up via a windows client but no data. (like missing 20 gigs) > Even from teh Linux machine, I cant see the data. The last time this > happened a couple reboots and my data reappeared. Is this filesystem > related? Anyone ever heard of this? This time after 3 reboots some of teh > dir structure has returned, but no data yet...Define "disappear". You dont see some files? Or directories too? Which names (provide dir or ls output of 'good' and 'bad' situation)? smb.conf? -- vda
Hi Greg, I'm have exact the same configuration of fedora core1 samba 3.0.7 on an ext3 filesystem up and running. I never had this problems. The server runs without problems for 4 month now. * Is Your filesystem clean? Try to check it. * check Your samba logs for errors * check Your hardware, maybe Your network card is defect? * create an new share with samba default settings. Are (the) files visible? I'm only an user, but I would check these things first before digging deeper in the samba internals. ;-) Olaf