hi, my samba share worked fine for some time now, today the local syslog was spamed with this: Dec 7 19:13:36 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: No response buffer Dec 7 19:13:36 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: Send error in read = -11 Dec 7 19:13:36 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: Invalid size SMB length 4 pdu_length 65343 Dec 7 19:13:36 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: No response buffer Dec 7 19:13:36 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: Send error in read = -11 Dec 7 19:13:36 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: Invalid size SMB length 4 pdu_length 65343 Dec 7 19:13:36 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: No response buffer Dec 7 19:13:36 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: Send error in read = -11 Dec 7 19:13:36 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: Invalid size SMB length 4 pdu_length 65343 Dec 7 19:13:36 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: No response buffer Dec 7 19:13:36 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: Send error in read = -11 Dec 7 19:13:36 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: Invalid size SMB length 4 pdu_length 65343 Dec 7 19:13:36 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: No response buffer Dec 7 19:13:36 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: Send error in read = -11 Dec 7 19:13:36 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: Invalid size SMB length 4 pdu_length 65343 Dec 7 19:13:36 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: No response buffer Dec 7 19:13:36 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: Send error in read = -11 Dec 7 19:13:36 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: Invalid size SMB length 4 pdu_length 65343 Dec 7 19:13:36 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: No response buffer Dec 7 19:13:36 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: Send error in read = -11 Dec 7 19:13:36 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: Invalid size SMB length 4 pdu_length 65343 Dec 7 19:13:36 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: No response buffer Dec 7 19:13:36 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: Send error in read = -11 Dec 7 19:13:36 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: Invalid size SMB length 4 pdu_length 65343 Dec 7 19:13:36 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: No response buffer Dec 7 19:13:36 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: Send error in read = -11 Dec 7 19:13:36 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: Invalid size SMB length 4 pdu_length 65343 Dec 7 19:13:36 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: No response buffer Dec 7 19:13:36 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: Send error in read = -11 Dec 7 19:13:36 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: Invalid size SMB length 4 pdu_length 65343 Dec 7 19:13:36 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: No response buffer Dec 7 19:13:36 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: Send error in read = -11 Dec 7 19:13:36 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: Invalid size SMB length 4 pdu_length 65343 Dec 7 19:13:36 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: No response buffer Dec 7 19:13:36 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: Send error in read = -11 Dec 7 19:13:36 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: Invalid size SMB length 4 pdu_length 65343 Dec 7 19:13:37 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: No response buffer Dec 7 19:13:37 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: Send error in read = -11 Dec 7 19:13:37 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: Invalid size SMB length 4 pdu_length 65343 Dec 7 19:13:37 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: No response buffer Dec 7 19:13:37 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: Send error in read = -11 Dec 7 19:13:37 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: Invalid size SMB length 4 pdu_length 65343 Dec 7 19:13:37 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: No response buffer Dec 7 19:13:37 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: Send error in read = -11 Dec 7 19:13:37 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: Invalid size SMB length 4 pdu_length 65343 Dec 7 19:13:37 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: No response buffer Dec 7 19:13:37 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: Send error in read = -11 Dec 7 19:13:37 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: Invalid size SMB length 4 pdu_length 65343 Dec 7 19:13:37 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: No response buffer Dec 7 19:13:37 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: Send error in read = -11 Dec 7 19:13:37 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: Invalid size SMB length 4 pdu_length 65343 Dec 7 19:13:37 src@schleppi CIFS VFS: No response buffer i can use scp to copy files to the exported drive at normal speed, so the hardware should work. from the samba.log: 192.168.10.66 (192.168.10.66) connect to service music2 initially as user nobody (uid=65534, gid=65534) (pid 15441) [2005/12/07 19:42:11, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_data(554) write_data: write failure in writing to client 192.168.10.66. Error Broken pipe [2005/12/07 19:42:11, 0] lib/util_sock.c:send_smb(762) Error writing 65343 bytes to client. -1. (Broken pipe) [2005/12/07 19:42:11, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(835) 192.168.10.66 (192.168.10.66) closed connection to service music2 [2005/12/07 19:42:11, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(662) 192.168.10.66 (192.168.10.66) connect to service music2 initially as user nobody (uid=65534, gid=65534) (pid 15442) [2005/12/07 19:42:11, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_data(554) write_data: write failure in writing to client 192.168.10.66. Error Broken pipe [2005/12/07 19:42:11, 0] lib/util_sock.c:send_smb(762) Error writing 65343 bytes to client. -1. (Broken pipe) [2005/12/07 19:42:11, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(835) 192.168.10.66 (192.168.10.66) closed connection to service music2 [2005/12/07 19:42:11, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(662) 192.168.10.66 (192.168.10.66) connect to service music2 initially as user nobody (uid=65534, gid=65534) (pid 15443) [2005/12/07 19:42:11, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_data(554) write_data: write failure in writing to client 192.168.10.66. Error Broken pipe [2005/12/07 19:42:11, 0] lib/util_sock.c:send_smb(762) Error writing 65343 bytes to client. -1. (Broken pipe) [2005/12/07 19:42:11, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(835) 192.168.10.66 (192.168.10.66) closed connection to service music2 [2005/12/07 19:42:11, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(662) 192.168.10.66 (192.168.10.66) connect to service music2 initially as user nobody (uid=65534, gid=65534) (pid 15444) [2005/12/07 19:42:11, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_data(554) write_data: write failure in writing to client 192.168.10.66. Error Broken pipe [2005/12/07 19:42:11, 0] lib/util_sock.c:send_smb(762) Error writing 65343 bytes to client. -1. (Broken pipe) [2005/12/07 19:42:11, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(835) 192.168.10.66 (192.168.10.66) closed connection to service music2 [2005/12/07 19:42:11, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(662) 192.168.10.66 (192.168.10.66) connect to service music2 initially as user nobody (uid=65534, gid=65534) (pid 15445) [2005/12/07 19:42:11, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_data(554) write_data: write failure in writing to client 192.168.10.66. Error Broken pipe [2005/12/07 19:42:11, 0] lib/util_sock.c:send_smb(762) Error writing 65343 bytes to client. -1. (Broken pipe) [2005/12/07 19:42:11, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(835) 192.168.10.66 (192.168.10.66) closed connection to service music2 [2005/12/07 19:42:11, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(662) 192.168.10.66 (192.168.10.66) connect to service music2 initially as user nobody (uid=65534, gid=65534) (pid 15446) [2005/12/07 19:42:11, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_data(554) write_data: write failure in writing to client 192.168.10.66. Error Broken pipe [2005/12/07 19:42:11, 0] lib/util_sock.c:send_smb(762) Error writing 65343 bytes to client. -1. (Broken pipe) [2005/12/07 19:42:11, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(835) 192.168.10.66 (192.168.10.66) closed connection to service music2 [2005/12/07 19:42:11, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(662) 192.168.10.66 (192.168.10.66) connect to service music2 initially as user nobody (uid=65534, gid=65534) (pid 15447) [2005/12/07 19:42:11, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_data(554) erros i never encountered before...whats going on? greets Julius