[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#428733: Coming back on this locking problem or samba with executables called from logon scripts

[Arno van Amersfoort]

Hello Christian,


Christian Perrier wrote:
> retitle 428733 Samba keeps locks on executable files when launched from logon scripts by Windows clients
> tags 428733 moreinfo
> thanks
>
> Hello Arno,
>
> While doing a mass bug triage of bugs in the samba package, I went on
> the issue you reported in http://bugs.debian.org/428733, where
> executable files launched from Windows during logon scripts were kept
> locked by samba.
>
> I went on your very very long smb.conf file and first piped it through
> testparm so that only parameters that differ from the default settings
> are kept. See attached file.
>
> To narrow down this problem, I would first recommend you to drop the
> following parameters unless you have a very good reason for having
> them:
>
> [global]
> 	smb ports = 139
>   
I've already disabled this a while back.
> 	name resolve order = lmhosts hosts bcast
>   
I disabled this one too now.
> 	deadtime = 10
>   
I also already this a while back.
> 	socket options = IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY SO_SNDBUF=8192 SO_RCVBUF=8192
>   
Same thing.
> 	enhanced browsing = No
>   
Same thing.
> 	strict locking = No
>   
I have disabled this now. Now that I think of it this could potentiolly 
fix the problem.
> 	dos filetime resolution = Yes
>   
I disabled this too.
> From discussions with Samba developers, tweaking those is generally
> not recommended....whatever you may find on so-called well-informed
> sites (the socket options, specifically)
>
> I'd also like to know whether you still experience that problem and
> are in position to do further testing. At the moment you reported the
> problem, i was mostly ignored, unfortunately, after you provided a
> very big level 10 debug log. 
>   
Now that I've changed some of the settings you suggested I'll recheck 
whether it fixes the problem. I'll report back ASAP.

Thanks for your efforts.

cheers,

Arno

>
>   

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