I have done that to other machines on my network. But I need my laptop to have offline files.
Ron -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Schetterer Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 5:20 PM To: Ron Bookman Cc: samba@lists.samba.org Subject: Re: [Samba] XP Pro and offline files -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi you can take total control of offline folders behavior with policies, win xp is different in many ways ...i note that a simple redirect of "my_files" causes a offline folder behavior ( i think this should be a feature not a bug ) , i got out off all this problems with poledit.exe and ntconfig.pol and some special adms. Good Luck Ron Bookman schrieb: | [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: | |> |> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes: |> |> All: |> |> Not sure if this is an XP Pro issue or a samba issue. |> |> I am running v3.0.3 of the samba server acting as a Domain |> controller and file server. The problem that I run into is that |> every once in a while, while connected to the network the network |> shares go offline. |> |> I am running XP Pro SP2 and I am not really sure where to start to |> troubleshoot this. |> |> |> |> |> I wrote in about a similar thing just yesterday. We're using Samba |> 3.02 on |> about 40 Linux servers and our users are complaining about the same |> thing once in a while. Really only on a few machines. But the symptom |> is there. |> Seems to |> happen more with SP2 than it happened with SP1 -- but that's not a |> scientific observation. |> |> In a couple of cases, we could see in the /var/log/messages that the |> "link beat" was being lost continually. Replacing cables and switches |> between Server and Client got rid of that problem (we don't know |> which element was causing the problem, but making everything new |> fixed it). |> |> But a few other users are still complaining about these random |> disconnections and we are not sure either how to troubleshoot. We |> have asked users to carefully document exactly when the |> disconnections occur -- and on what machine and subnet -- so that we |> can look for clues in the logs. But so far, nothing in the logs is |> sticking out. Not all machines on a given pathway from Server to |> Client disconnect at the same time -- so unless it's a "last cable" |> problem |> it's not likely to be a hardware issue. |> |> BTW, we're running the 2.6.6 kernel on a mainly Mandrake distribution. |> |> Hopefully, somebody who reads these postings will have a clue or two. |> |> Regards, |> Andy Liebman |> -- | | | I also asked about this back in January...googles and searches through | the archives turned up several people with the same issue, but not a | resolution. | | I believe it's a Samba issue, mainly because the problem didn't appear | until I retired our old Samba v2 server and migrated to a new Samba | 3.0.7 one. The only solution I've been able to come with is disabling | offline files...and of course, our president's laptop was one of the | machines affected. Some machines took longer to become problematic | than others and a few are still trouble-free....and I can't find any | settings that make a difference. I don't know if SP2 is an issue or | not, since all our XP (Pro) machines were patched with SP2 prior to | doing the Samba upgrade. | | Good luck! | Ron Bookman - -- Mit freundlichen Gruessen Best Regards Robert Schetterer robert_at_schetterer.org Munich / Bavaria / Germany https://www.schetterer.org \********************************** \* gnupgp \* public key: \* https://www.schetterer.org/public.key \********************************** -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCL3aS+Jw+56iSjEkRAgL5AJ9vI0mO1fywiTvvZeZVRKZ5hoKuNQCcCQ2Y Gv0lGogNZbDKOBUyFecFXtw= =GgkF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
