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...a samba server as a NTLM authenticator for our web filter. However, Samba closes the SMB connections after 60 seconds of inactivity, causing connections from the web filter to the Samba DC to get stuck in CLOSE_WAIT state, and failing to authenticate the users. Is the some way, other than changing IDLE_CLOSED_TIMEOUT, or (in Samba 3.0.23) commenting the check that closes the TCP connection if there is no connections active and a timeout bigger than IDLE_CLOSED_TIMEOUT, to keep the TCP connections opened, despite the inexistence of open pipes or connections? Att, Robson Paniago

...connecting becomes an option, I must keep the connection open between the password server and the cluster server. For the moment I solved the problem by increasing the password server timeout from sixty seconds to twelve hours (!) which involves adjusting a line in include/local.h: #define IDLE_CLOSED_TIMEOUT (60) to a larger value. I am experimenting with setting keepalive = 30 on our cluster samba servers instead, but this does not seem to fix the problem; I have not yet had time to determine whether the cluster server is really sending keepalives every thirty seconds with this option, or...