samba - Dec 2004 - Temp fix for users getting smb_trans2: invalid data in messages log file

Hello all,

 I was having this problem and finally found a temp fix for it.  The symptoms 
seem to be this:
-->  You are on a linux client
-->  You have mounted a samba drive from you linux client to a linux server.
-->  When you try to make modifications or copy file from your client to the 
server, it takes a long time or times-out.
-->  Your /var/log/mesages file states smb_trans2: invalid data , disp=0, 
cnt=0, tot=0, ofs=0

 It seems that some CIFS code got trampled on during a smb kernel patch.  I 
believe this will be fixed in the 2.6.10 kernel (pretty soon I hope).  For 
now, you can add the following entry to your smb.conf file:
"unix extensions = no"
 This temp solution was posted to the samba listserver last month, but I 
thought I would post it again since it cause me a lot of headaches.
 Cheers everyone.  Happy Holidays.

Mike Lee
-- 
mlee@mtech.edu

On Thu, 2004-12-16 at 17:26 -0700, Mike Lee wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
>  I was having this problem and finally found a temp fix for it.  The
symptoms
> seem to be this:
> -->  You are on a linux client
> -->  You have mounted a samba drive from you linux client to a linux
server.
> -->  When you try to make modifications or copy file from your client to
the
> server, it takes a long time or times-out.
> -->  Your /var/log/mesages file states smb_trans2: invalid data ,
disp=0,
> cnt=0, tot=0, ofs=0
> 
>  It seems that some CIFS code got trampled on during a smb kernel patch.  I
> believe this will be fixed in the 2.6.10 kernel (pretty soon I hope).  For 
> now, you can add the following entry to your smb.conf file:
> "unix extensions = no"
>  This temp solution was posted to the samba listserver last month, but I 
> thought I would post it again since it cause me a lot of headaches.
>  Cheers everyone.  Happy Holidays.
> 
> Mike Lee
> -- 
Mike,

Thanks for the fix. Can I ask a dumb question - do you apply this to the
local or remote smb.conf? I'd assume remote, but wanted to confirm.

Thanks and regards,

Des
-- 

Des Dougan, Principal
Dougan Consulting Group

Ph: 604-980-2848       Email: des at DouganConsulting dot com     

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