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feralert

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Registered: 2007-03-21

Posts: 12

can't browse samba shares after samba upgrade (3.0.26a-4 -> 3.0.27A-1)

Hi all,

After today's samba update, i am unable to browse my samba shares:

As seen in pacman.log:

[2007-11-16 15:55] updating smbclient (3.0.26a-2 -> 3.0.27A-1)
[2007-11-16 15:55] updating samba (3.0.26a-4 -> 3.0.27A-1)

Ive had this samba server running for a long time and never had any trouble. Apart from the system update i havent changed anything.
I have tried two machines to access it, a ubuntu and a windows one. The ubuntu one would mount it all right, but when you try browsing it it gives an 'Input/output error', these are the last lines found in /var/log/messages file:

Nov 16 19:42:06 Naboo kernel: [  855.043000] SMB connection re-established (-5)
Nov 16 19:42:34 Naboo kernel: [  883.442000] smb_add_request: request [cdccae80, mid=11] timed out!
Nov 16 19:42:34 Naboo kernel: [  883.442000] smb_proc_readdir_long: error=-5, breaking
Nov 16 19:42:34 Naboo kernel: [  883.488000] SMB connection re-established (-5)
Nov 16 19:42:36 Naboo kernel: [  885.375000] smb_add_request: request [cdccac80, mid=18] timed out!
Nov 16 19:42:36 Naboo kernel: [  885.375000] smb_proc_readdir_long: error=-5, breaking
Nov 16 19:43:04 Naboo kernel: [  913.607000] smb_add_request: request [cdccae80, mid=21] timed out!
Nov 16 19:43:04 Naboo kernel: [  913.608000] smb_proc_readdir_long: error=-5, breaking
Nov 16 19:43:05 Naboo kernel: [  913.648000] SMB connection re-established (-5)

The windows machine would actually show the files in the shared directory but after a very long wait. Browsing and reading files was taking such a long time that windows seemed like frozen so i had to restart.

I also tried rebooting the server but to no avail.

Anyone else with the same problem?

Last edited by feralert (2007-11-16 20:48:31)

drag0nl0rd

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From: Czech Republic

Registered: 2007-10-24

Posts: 127

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Re: can't browse samba shares after samba upgrade (3.0.26a-4 -> 3.0.27A-1)

I´ve got the same problem!

-- updated --
arch <--> arch
doesn't work, each way

arch <-- mandriva
I tried it now also with my friend and his new mandriva and he saw my share and my files, fast and with no problem

Last edited by drag0nl0rd (2007-11-17 12:02:55)

atomclock

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Registered: 2007-05-15

Posts: 18

Re: can't browse samba shares after samba upgrade (3.0.26a-4 -> 3.0.27A-1)

I had the same problem and I fixed it by reverting to the previous version of samba samba-3.0.26a-4-i686.pkg.tar.gz.

I use this a lot with my mythtv system and having a broken samba is a real problem.

feralert

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Registered: 2007-03-21

Posts: 12

Re: can't browse samba shares after samba upgrade (3.0.26a-4 -> 3.0.27A-1)

I had the same problem and I fixed it by reverting to the previous version of samba samba-3.0.26a-4-i686.pkg.tar.gz.

I use this a lot with my mythtv system and having a broken samba is a real problem.

Thanks for the suggestion but i don't have the file (samba-3.0.26a-4-i686.pkg.tar.gz) anymore. I usually clean pacman cache from time to time because of space problems, is there anywhere i can get hold of it again?

EDIT: I have open a new bug (http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/8694) with the contents of this post, if posible, can you guys try to confirm it too so it gets looked into? Thanks.

Last edited by feralert (2007-11-18 20:29:36)

daedalus

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From: Mountain View

Registered: 2007-09-28

Posts: 50

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Re: can't browse samba shares after samba upgrade (3.0.26a-4 -> 3.0.27A-1)

I am experiencing another problem.  It not only doesn't share anymore, but it has made my home directory publically available, and I can't seem to make it not do that.

It's like its loading its own config file now and completely ignoring mine.

Skyscraper

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Registered: 2005-06-20

Posts: 72

Re: can't browse samba shares after samba upgrade (3.0.26a-4 -> 3.0.27A-1)

Same problem here. I can Browse remote smb filesystem with smbclient but when I mount smbfs i cannot browse folder - my terminal hangs and in syslog i receive

Nov 19 09:35:16 skyscraper SMB connection re-established (-5)
Nov 19 09:35:16 skyscraper smb_proc_readdir_long: error=-512, breaking
Nov 19 09:35:17 skyscraper SMB connection re-established (-5)
Nov 19 09:35:18 skyscraper smb_proc_readdir_long: error=-512, breaking
Nov 19 09:35:18 skyscraper SMB connection re-established (-5)
Nov 19 09:35:27 skyscraper SMB connection re-established (-5)
Nov 19 09:35:48 skyscraper smb_add_request: request [d34f2b00, mid=22] timed out!
Nov 19 09:35:48 skyscraper smb_proc_readdir_long: error=-5, breaking
Nov 19 09:36:18 skyscraper smb_add_request: request [d34f2b00, mid=31] timed out!
Nov 19 09:36:18 skyscraper smb_proc_readdir_long: error=-5, breaking

tpowa

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From: Lauingen , Germany

Registered: 2004-04-05

Posts: 2,328

Re: can't browse samba shares after samba upgrade (3.0.26a-4 -> 3.0.27A-1)

have you tried using cifs instead of outdated smbfs?

Skyscraper

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Registered: 2005-06-20

Posts: 72

Re: can't browse samba shares after samba upgrade (3.0.26a-4 -> 3.0.27A-1)

have you tried using cifs instead of outdated smbfs?

I'm using such command to mount remote smb filesystem

smbmount //REMOTEHOST/REMOTESHARE /LOCAL/DIRECTORY -o username=USER,password=PASSWORD,uid=UID

and then i cannot list LOCAL DIRECTORY...

tpowa

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From: Lauingen , Germany

Registered: 2004-04-05

Posts: 2,328

Re: can't browse samba shares after samba upgrade (3.0.26a-4 -> 3.0.27A-1)

mount.cifs //REMOTEHOST/REMOTESHARE /LOCAL/DIRECTORY -o username=USER,password=PASSWORD,uid=UID

tpowa

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From: Lauingen , Germany

Registered: 2004-04-05

Posts: 2,328

Re: can't browse samba shares after samba upgrade (3.0.26a-4 -> 3.0.27A-1)

[tobias@T-POWA-LX ~]$ smbmount
Usage: mount.smbfs service mountpoint [-o options,...]
Version 3.0.27

Please be aware that smbfs is deprecated in favor of cifs

you should give mount.cifs a shot

atomclock

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Registered: 2007-05-15

Posts: 18

Re: can't browse samba shares after samba upgrade (3.0.26a-4 -> 3.0.27A-1)

I thought others might find this useful.

To convert my fstab entry from smbfs to cifs.

smbfs:

\\mythtv\myth /mnt/myth smbfs noauto,fmask=777,password=xyz,username=xyz 0 0

cifs:

//192.168.1.202/myth/ /mnt/myth cifs noauto,file_mode=0777,password=xyz,username=xyz 0 0

Skyscraper

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Registered: 2005-06-20

Posts: 72

Re: can't browse samba shares after samba upgrade (3.0.26a-4 -> 3.0.27A-1)

[tobias@T-POWA-LX ~]$ smbmount
Usage: mount.smbfs service mountpoint [-o options,...]
Version 3.0.27
Please be aware that smbfs is deprecated in favor of cifs
You should give mount.cifs a shot

Using mount.cifs indeed helped me! Thank You a lot!
But I've started to think about older OSes? What about pre 2000 Windowses? Do they support CIFS?

Skyscraper

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Registered: 2005-06-20

Posts: 72

Re: can't browse samba shares after samba upgrade (3.0.26a-4 -> 3.0.27A-1)

Well, Samba 3.0.27a has been released which fixes our problem with smbfs.