Dave, Samba-2.2.7a was released to fix 64bit file access issues. Strongly suggest you update.
- John T. On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Windsor Dave (AdW/MOE2.1) wrote: > Hello All, > > I recently upgraded one of my HP-UX servers from Samba 2.2.4 to 2.2.7. > Since that time, I have noticed that disk activity on the file system where > the Samba var directory is kept seems to be higher than I would expect. We > have now begun to experience a problem with PC clients running National > Instruments' LabView software, installed on a Samba share. When any PC > client tries to execute it, disk utilization goes to 100% according to HP's > Glance performance monitor, with nearly all activity being in the > aforementioned file system containing the Samba var files and being caused > by the smbd for the client running LabView. Using Glance to look at open > files, I found that the only open file located in the Samba var file system > is the smbd log file, and it is filled with messages like this: > > [2002/12/19 17:47:17, 0] locking/posix.c:(660) > > posix_fcntl_lock: WARNING: lock request at offset 0, length > 9223372036854779000 returned > > [2002/12/19 17:47:17, 0] locking/posix.c:(662) > > an Invalid argument error. This can happen when using 64 bit lock offsets > > [2002/12/19 17:47:17, 0] locking/posix.c:(663) > > on 32 bit NFS mounted file systems. > > [2002/12/19 17:47:17, 0] locking/posix.c:(677) > > Count greater than 31 bits - retrying with 31 bit truncated length. > > [2002/12/19 17:47:17, 0] locking/posix.c:(660) > > posix_fcntl_lock: WARNING: lock request at offset 0, length > 9223372036854779000 returned > > [2002/12/19 17:47:17, 0] locking/posix.c:(662) > > an Invalid argument error. This can happen when using 64 bit lock offsets > > [2002/12/19 17:47:17, 0] locking/posix.c:(663) > > on 32 bit NFS mounted file systems. > > [2002/12/19 17:47:17, 0] locking/posix.c:(677) > > over and over again. I have log level set to 1, with a different log for > each client. After several minutes, LabView finally loads and things settle > back down. Any ideas as to what is happening? The log mentions NFS, but > the directories containing LabView are local to my system and are exported > by Samba only, not NFS. > > My copy of Samba was compiled here using HP's ANSI C compiler under HP-UX > 11.11. I ran configure with very few options, just to set the prefix and to > set "--with-utmp". None of these problems occurred under Samba 2.2.4, and I > haven't yet had a chance to try out 2.2.7a to see if there's any difference. > The problem occurs when running LabView with both NT4 and W2K clients. With > our holiday shutdown almost here, I hope to get a chance to try 2.2.7a > sometime tomorrow. > > Thanks in advance for any assistance! > > Dave Windsor > AdW/MOE2.12 > Team Leader, Test Systems Engineering > Robert Bosch Corporation > Anderson, SC, USA > email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- John H Terpstra Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba