CIFS Not Responding Error On Working System

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Mike

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2011-04-28 19:27 UTC #0 lore raw

Hopefully I am submitting this to the correct email list. I have been doing Google searches and haven't found anyone that has the same string in their log file, so I'm looking for help on this issue.

Recently I lost my hard drive and had to reinstall Debian. I am now getting these errors in /var/log/syslog and I can't figure out why:

Apr 28 11:57:05 rockenfield kernel: [1479867.192022] CIFS VFS: Server peart has not responded in 300 seconds. Reconnecting...

The weird thing is that there are no problems. I can view the shares on the remote Windows machine (peart is WinXP 64 SP2) with no problems whatsoever. Also my Windows machine can see my samba shares as well, so both directions work fine and I'm not sure why these messages are occurring.

Here is my /etc/fstab (samba/cifs mounts only, trimmed to applicable content):
//peart/mp3 /mnt/peart/mp3 cifs defaults,credentials=/etc/samba/smbpass.peart,_netdev 0 0 //peart/software /mnt/peart/software cifs defaults,credentials=/etc/samba/smbpass.peart,_netdev 0 0 //peart/backup /mnt/peart/backup cifs defaults,credentials=/etc/samba/smbpass.peart,_netdev 0 0 //peart/dvd /mnt/peart/dvd cifs defaults,credentials=/etc/samba/smbpass.peart,_netdev 0 0

Here is my /etc/samba/smb.conf:
[global]
workgroup = HOME_NETWORK
netbios name = ROCKENFIELD
server string = %h server - Debian GNU/Linux
dns proxy = no
name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast interfaces = 192.168.123.0/24 eth1
bind interfaces only = yes
hosts allow = 192.168.123.
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
syslog = 0
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d security = user
encrypt passwords = true
passdb backend = tdbsam
obey pam restrictions = yes
unix password sync = yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n
*Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
pam password change = yes
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
read only = no
create mask = 0700
directory mask = 0700
valid users = %S
[printers]
comment = All Printers
browseable = no
path = /var/spool/samba
printable = yes
guest ok = no
read only = yes
create mask = 0700
[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /var/lib/samba/printers
browseable = yes
read only = yes
guest ok = no

I am running Debian wheezy/testing (7.0). The kernel version is 2.6.38-2-amd64. Samba version is 3.5.8~dfsg-1 (obtained from "dpkg -l | grep samba"). This is just a home network, so I don't have a Domain Controller or anything fancy. It's just a Debian box and a WinXP box and I'm sharing files/directories on each side.

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
-MikeD

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Shirish Pargaonkar

2011-04-29 12:13 UTC #2 lore raw

Quoted 80 lines · Mike

Hopefully I am submitting this to the correct email list. I have been doing Google searches and haven't found anyone that has the same string in their log file, so I'm looking for help on this issue.
Recently I lost my hard drive and had to reinstall Debian. I am now getting these errors in /var/log/syslog and I can't figure out why:
Apr 28 11:57:05 rockenfield kernel: [1479867.192022] CIFS VFS: Server peart
has not responded in 300 seconds. Reconnecting...
The weird thing is that there are no problems. I can view the shares on the remote Windows machine (peart is WinXP 64 SP2) with no problems whatsoever. Also my Windows machine can see my samba shares as well, so both directions work fine and I'm not sure why these messages are occurring.
Here is my /etc/fstab (samba/cifs mounts only, trimmed to applicable content):
//peart/mp3 /mnt/peart/mp3 cifs defaults,credentials=/etc/samba/smbpass.peart,_netdev 0 0 //peart/software /mnt/peart/software cifs defaults,credentials=/etc/samba/smbpass.peart,_netdev 0 0 //peart/backup /mnt/peart/backup cifs defaults,credentials=/etc/samba/smbpass.peart,_netdev 0 0 //peart/dvd /mnt/peart/dvd cifs defaults,credentials=/etc/samba/smbpass.peart,_netdev 0 0
Here is my /etc/samba/smb.conf:
[global]
workgroup = HOME_NETWORK
netbios name = ROCKENFIELD
server string = %h server - Debian GNU/Linux
dns proxy = no
name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast
interfaces = 192.168.123.0/24 eth1
bind interfaces only = yes
hosts allow = 192.168.123.
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
syslog = 0
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
security = user
encrypt passwords = true
passdb backend = tdbsam
obey pam restrictions = yes
unix password sync = yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
pam password change = yes
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 [homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
read only = no
create mask = 0700
directory mask = 0700
valid users = %S
[printers]
comment = All Printers
browseable = no
path = /var/spool/samba
printable = yes
guest ok = no
read only = yes
create mask = 0700
[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /var/lib/samba/printers
browseable = yes
read only = yes
guest ok = no
I am running Debian wheezy/testing (7.0). The kernel version is 2.6.38-2-amd64. Samba version is 3.5.8~dfsg-1 (obtained from "dpkg -l | grep samba"). This is just a home network, so I don't have a Domain Controller or anything fancy. It's just a Debian box and a WinXP box and I'm sharing files/directories on each side.

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Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
-MikeD
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May be some issues like firewall etc.?
Can you capture wireshark traces on either side and see if you see any network in response to a mount reuqest from a cifs client?

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Jeff Layton

2011-04-29 13:32 UTC #4 lore raw

Quoted 89 lines · On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 07:13:05 -0500 Shirish Pargaonkar…

Quoted 80 lines · Mike
Hopefully I am submitting this to the correct email list. I have been doing Google searches and haven't found anyone that has the same string in their log file, so I'm looking for help on this issue.
Recently I lost my hard drive and had to reinstall Debian. I am now getting these errors in /var/log/syslog and I can't figure out why:
Apr 28 11:57:05 rockenfield kernel: [1479867.192022] CIFS VFS: Server peart
has not responded in 300 seconds. Reconnecting...
The weird thing is that there are no problems. I can view the shares on the remote Windows machine (peart is WinXP 64 SP2) with no problems whatsoever. Also my Windows machine can see my samba shares as well, so both directions work fine and I'm not sure why these messages are occurring.
Here is my /etc/fstab (samba/cifs mounts only, trimmed to applicable content):
//peart/mp3 /mnt/peart/mp3 cifs defaults,credentials=/etc/samba/smbpass.peart,_netdev 0 0 //peart/software /mnt/peart/software cifs defaults,credentials=/etc/samba/smbpass.peart,_netdev 0 0 //peart/backup /mnt/peart/backup cifs defaults,credentials=/etc/samba/smbpass.peart,_netdev 0 0 //peart/dvd /mnt/peart/dvd cifs defaults,credentials=/etc/samba/smbpass.peart,_netdev 0 0
Here is my /etc/samba/smb.conf:
[global]
workgroup = HOME_NETWORK
netbios name = ROCKENFIELD
server string = %h server - Debian GNU/Linux
dns proxy = no
name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast
interfaces = 192.168.123.0/24 eth1
bind interfaces only = yes
hosts allow = 192.168.123.
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
syslog = 0
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
security = user
encrypt passwords = true
passdb backend = tdbsam
obey pam restrictions = yes
unix password sync = yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
pam password change = yes
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 [homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
read only = no
create mask = 0700
directory mask = 0700
valid users = %S
[printers]
comment = All Printers
browseable = no
path = /var/spool/samba
printable = yes
guest ok = no
read only = yes
create mask = 0700
[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /var/lib/samba/printers
browseable = yes
read only = yes
guest ok = no
I am running Debian wheezy/testing (7.0). The kernel version is 2.6.38-2-amd64. Samba version is 3.5.8~dfsg-1 (obtained from "dpkg -l | grep samba"). This is just a home network, so I don't have a Domain Controller or anything fancy. It's just a Debian box and a WinXP box and I'm sharing files/directories on each side.
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Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
-MikeD
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May be some issues like firewall etc.?
Can you capture wireshark traces on either side and see if you see any network in response to a mount reuqest from a cifs client?

To be clear...

What sort of host is "peart" here? WinXP?

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Mike Dillinger

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2011-04-29 15:06 UTC #6 lore raw

Quoted 91 lines · Jeff Layton

Quoted 88 lines · On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 07:13:05 -0500 Shirish…
Quoted 87 lines · Mike
Hopefully I am submitting this to the correct email list. I have been doing Google searches and haven't found anyone that has the same string in their log file, so I'm looking for help on this issue.
Recently I lost my hard drive and had to reinstall Debian. I am now getting these errors in /var/log/syslog and I can't figure out why:
Apr 28 11:57:05 rockenfield kernel: [1479867.192022] CIFS VFS: Server peart
has not responded in 300 seconds. Reconnecting...
The weird thing is that there are no problems. I can view the shares on the remote Windows machine (peart is WinXP 64 SP2) with no problems whatsoever.
Also my Windows machine can see my samba shares as well, so both directions
work fine and I'm not sure why these messages are occurring.
Here is my /etc/fstab (samba/cifs mounts only, trimmed to applicable content):
//peart/mp3 /mnt/peart/mp3 cifs defaults,credentials=/etc/samba/smbpass.peart,_netdev 0 0 //peart/software /mnt/peart/software cifs defaults,credentials=/etc/samba/smbpass.peart,_netdev 0 0 //peart/backup /mnt/peart/backup cifs defaults,credentials=/etc/samba/smbpass.peart,_netdev 0 0 //peart/dvd /mnt/peart/dvd cifs defaults,credentials=/etc/samba/smbpass.peart,_netdev 0 0
Here is my /etc/samba/smb.conf:
[global]
workgroup = HOME_NETWORK
netbios name = ROCKENFIELD
server string = %h server - Debian GNU/Linux
dns proxy = no
name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast
interfaces = 192.168.123.0/24 eth1
bind interfaces only = yes
hosts allow = 192.168.123.
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
syslog = 0
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
security = user
encrypt passwords = true
passdb backend = tdbsam
obey pam restrictions = yes
unix password sync = yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:*
%n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
pam password change = yes
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
read only = no
create mask = 0700
directory mask = 0700
valid users = %S
[printers]
comment = All Printers
browseable = no
path = /var/spool/samba
printable = yes
guest ok = no
read only = yes
create mask = 0700
[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /var/lib/samba/printers
browseable = yes
read only = yes
guest ok = no
I am running Debian wheezy/testing (7.0). The kernel version is 2.6.38-2-amd64. Samba version is 3.5.8~dfsg-1 (obtained from "dpkg -l | grep samba"). This is just a home network, so I don't have a Domain Controller or anything fancy. It's just a Debian box and a WinXP box and I'm sharing files/directories on each side.
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
-MikeD
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May be some issues like firewall etc.?
Can you capture wireshark traces on either side and see if you see any network in response to a mount reuqest from a cifs client?
To be clear...
What sort of host is "peart" here? WinXP?

peart is WinXP 64 SP2, and the Linux machine is running Debian wheezy. The XP firewall is off and the internet security firewall (Kaspersky Internet Security) is off.

The firewall thing doesn't make sense, or else it seems to me that I wouldn't be able to view the remote data. The remote side *always* works when I view the file share. I have even tried during viewing the data multiple times during the 5 minute interval where syslog states the host is not responding. I will capture Wireshark traces though if there aren't any other suggestions.

Thanks,
-MikeD

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Jeff Layton

2011-04-29 21:04 UTC #8 lore raw

Quoted 105 lines · On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 08:06:49 -0700 Mike Dillinger…

Quoted 91 lines · Jeff Layton
Quoted 88 lines · On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 07:13:05 -0500 Shirish…
Quoted 87 lines · Mike
Hopefully I am submitting this to the correct email list. I have been doing Google searches and haven't found anyone that has the same string in their log file, so I'm looking for help on this issue.
Recently I lost my hard drive and had to reinstall Debian. I am now getting these errors in /var/log/syslog and I can't figure out why:
Apr 28 11:57:05 rockenfield kernel: [1479867.192022] CIFS VFS: Server peart
has not responded in 300 seconds. Reconnecting...
The weird thing is that there are no problems. I can view the shares on the remote Windows machine (peart is WinXP 64 SP2) with no problems whatsoever.
Also my Windows machine can see my samba shares as well, so both directions
work fine and I'm not sure why these messages are occurring.
Here is my /etc/fstab (samba/cifs mounts only, trimmed to applicable content):
//peart/mp3 /mnt/peart/mp3 cifs defaults,credentials=/etc/samba/smbpass.peart,_netdev 0 0 //peart/software /mnt/peart/software cifs defaults,credentials=/etc/samba/smbpass.peart,_netdev 0 0 //peart/backup /mnt/peart/backup cifs defaults,credentials=/etc/samba/smbpass.peart,_netdev 0 0 //peart/dvd /mnt/peart/dvd cifs defaults,credentials=/etc/samba/smbpass.peart,_netdev 0 0
Here is my /etc/samba/smb.conf:
[global]
workgroup = HOME_NETWORK
netbios name = ROCKENFIELD
server string = %h server - Debian GNU/Linux
dns proxy = no
name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast
interfaces = 192.168.123.0/24 eth1
bind interfaces only = yes
hosts allow = 192.168.123.
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
syslog = 0
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
security = user
encrypt passwords = true
passdb backend = tdbsam
obey pam restrictions = yes
unix password sync = yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:*
%n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
pam password change = yes
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
read only = no
create mask = 0700
directory mask = 0700
valid users = %S
[printers]
comment = All Printers
browseable = no
path = /var/spool/samba
printable = yes
guest ok = no
read only = yes
create mask = 0700
[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /var/lib/samba/printers
browseable = yes
read only = yes
guest ok = no
I am running Debian wheezy/testing (7.0). The kernel version is 2.6.38-2-amd64. Samba version is 3.5.8~dfsg-1 (obtained from "dpkg -l | grep samba"). This is just a home network, so I don't have a Domain Controller or anything fancy. It's just a Debian box and a WinXP box and I'm sharing files/directories on each side.
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
-MikeD
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May be some issues like firewall etc.?
Can you capture wireshark traces on either side and see if you see any network in response to a mount reuqest from a cifs client?
To be clear...
What sort of host is "peart" here? WinXP?
peart is WinXP 64 SP2, and the Linux machine is running Debian wheezy. The XP firewall is off and the internet security firewall (Kaspersky Internet Security) is off.

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The firewall thing doesn't make sense, or else it seems to me that I wouldn't be able to view the remote data. The remote side *always* works when I view the file share. I have even tried during viewing the data multiple times during the 5 minute interval where syslog states the host is not responding. I will capture Wireshark traces though if there aren't any other suggestions.

Nothing I can think of. We'll need to see what's happening to the echo request being sent to the server. What may be best is to open a bug at bugzilla.samba.org to track this. If you do that, please cc me on it.

Thanks,

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Mike

author

2011-05-13 23:39 UTC #10 lore raw

Quoted 3 lines · Jeff Layton

Nothing I can think of. We'll need to see what's happening to the echo request being sent to the server. What may be best is to open a bug at bugzilla.samba.org to track this. If you do that, please cc me on it.

I submitted bug 8134 and CC'ed you.

Sorry for the delayed response. I work a lot of hours and have a newborn at home.

Thanks for the help!
-MikeD

Jeff Layton

2011-05-02 11:01 UTC #11 lore raw

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Quoted 6 lines · On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 08:06:49 -0700 Mike Dillinger…

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What sort of host is "peart" here? WinXP?
peart is WinXP 64 SP2, and the Linux machine is running Debian wheezy. The XP firewall is off and the internet security firewall (Kaspersky Internet Security) is off.

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The firewall thing doesn't make sense, or else it seems to me that I wouldn't be able to view the remote data. The remote side *always* works when I view the file share. I have even tried during viewing the data multiple times during the 5 minute interval where syslog states the host is not responding. I will capture Wireshark traces though if there aren't any other suggestions.

I might see the problem here. I think there's a bug in 2.6.38ish kernels that's fixed by commit fd88ce93:

@@ -421,7 +420,7 @@ cifs_demultiplex_thread(struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
pdu_length = 4; /* enough to get RFC1001 header */

incomplete_rcv:
- if (echo_retries > 0 &&
+ if (echo_retries > 0 && server->tcpStatus == CifsGood &&

                    time_after(jiffies, server->lstrp +
                                        (echo_retries * SMB_ECHO_INTERVAL))) {
                        cERROR(1, "Server %s has not responded in %d seconds. "

...if the server decides to disconnect the client for some reason, then the above delta will prevent that error message from popping unnecessarily. Steve, I think that patch should probably go to -stable as well.

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kofolamaster

2011-06-06 07:57 UTC #12 lore raw

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This is maybe related to this problem?

http://groups.google.com/group/linux.kernel/browse_thread/thread/126601c09b6ea94f
/84041e22a62b47fa?lnk=raot&fwc=1&pli=1#

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Jeff Layton

2011-06-06 10:32 UTC #14 lore raw

Quoted 5 lines · On Mon, 6 Jun 2011 07:57:55 +0000 (UTC) kofolamaster…

This is maybe related to this problem?
http://groups.google.com/group/linux.kernel/browse_thread/thread/126601c09b6ea94f
/84041e22a62b47fa?lnk=raot&fwc=1&pli=1#

I don't think so -- at least, I don't think they're directly related. I think we understand why the problem in $SUBJECT occurred and there's a fix in place in mainline and current stable kernels.

Helge's problem seems to be something different. I think we'll need to see wire traces to understand what's going on.

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