On Friday 21 October 2005 07:03, Iain Buchanan wrote:
> I have autofs mounting a windows share on my network, 's'. This is the
> line from the automount file:
> s -fstype=smbfs,defaults,gid=mounter,dmask=770,fmask=660,credentials=<file>
> ://server1/public
>
> However, I noticed recently there was quite a bit of traffic (5k/s)
> whenever this share was mounted, when I'm not copying anything. When I
> look at ethereal, I see this sort of pattern repeated continuously:
>
> No. Time Source Destination Protocol
> Info 68 3.007178 172.16.0.52 172.16.0.1 SMB
> Query Information Disk Request 69 3.007466 172.16.0.1
> 172.16.0.52 SMB Query Information Disk Response 70 3.007496
> 172.16.0.52 172.16.0.1 TCP 36789 > microsoft-ds
> [ACK] Seq=1713 Ack=2827 Win=4356 Len=0 TSV=27437885 TSER=54117888 71
> 3.007540 172.16.0.52 172.16.0.1 SMB Trans2
> Request, QUERY_PATH_INFO, Query File All Info, Path: \ 72 3.007989
> 172.16.0.1 172.16.0.52 SMB Trans2 Response,
> QUERY_PATH_INFO[Unreassembled Packet] 73 3.008121 172.16.0.52
> 172.16.0.1 SMB Trans2 Request, QUERY_PATH_INFO, Query File
> All Info, Path: \ 74 3.008458 172.16.0.1 172.16.0.52
> SMB Trans2 Response, QUERY_PATH_INFO[Unreassembled Packet] 75
> 3.008525 172.16.0.52 172.16.0.1 SMB Trans2
> Request, QUERY_PATH_INFO, Query File All Info, Path: \ 76 3.008853
> 172.16.0.1 172.16.0.52 SMB Trans2 Response,
> QUERY_PATH_INFO[Unreassembled Packet]
>
> I have no idea what a "Query Information Disk Request" is, so any info
> would be appreciated! I tried with and without iptables activated, and
> the result is the same.
>
> Thanks.
>
> mount.smbfs Version 3.0.20b.
> --
> Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Are the IP addresses within your local control? From my memory of using/
working with samba, you're seeing the typical smb conversation that goes on
endlessly as servers and clients get to know each other... :')
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