Re: CIFS Not Responding Error On Working System

[Mike Dillinger <miked-yxPvCyoe84a+XT7JhA+gdA@public.gmane.org>]

On 04/29/11 06:32 AM, Jeff Layton wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 07:13:05 -0500
> Shirish Pargaonkar<shirishpargaonkar-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>  wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 2:27 PM, Mike<miked-yxPvCyoe84a+XT7JhA+gdA@public.gmane.org>  wrote:
>>> 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