Finder lock ups due to samba shares being invalidated by changing network

I often leave my macbook online for a long time unattended, for simplicity I tend to plug it into its power lead, and also connect it up to my gigabit network. I know i've set the priority in my connections to prefer the wired connection over wireless but just to keep things simple i disable airport so i can be sure that i will be connected via gigabit.
I'll then go in and map a network drive from one of my PCs on the lan, this is mounted and available.
Sometime in the future i'll go mobile again, like i just did today. Disconnecting power and gigabit ethernet, i re-enable airport. After a short while its all good to go.. I then start using the internet connection. All is fine.
Then finally i spot that my samba drive is still mapped, i've had trouble selecting this drive to use it, but sadly also you get real trouble by just trying to eject the mount. Doing so and nothing happens.. after 10-20 seconds everything is frozen, including the animated dock, and top toolbar, and you are presented with the spinning wheel of activity.
applealtesc does NOT bring up the force close dialog, and eventually i was forced to force a shutdown.. apple power button isn't it? I had the power button held down for a long time.
Generally i find the mounting samba drives a bit of a pain in the finder but i can put up with it. Samba shares on windows are a nightmare but they rarely bring down the whole system when a connection has been broken.. i'd love it if mac OS would time out the samba share and just give up, rather than hanging in the way it does do.
Obviously i'm accessing my LAN through a different interface and IP address than i was when i set up the connection. I am not sure if you have a similar problem as described if you just disconnect from the network and have no net connection at all.. not sure what it would do with a share in this way.
Is this worth logging as an actual bug? anyone got any suggestions to fix it?

Ok, no luck yet. Maybe I can ask another question directly related to this issue. I am trying to find the cause of this and I am wondering if there is a brief dropout in the connection to the NAS. By brief, I mean really brief. The NAS is connected via a Homeplug network connection (network via the homes power points) and maybe for a very brief period interferrence on the lines dropped the AFP connection.
Is it normal that it is then impossible for AFP to reconnect, even when the NAS is clearly back on the network?
Any drop will have to be very brief as I can always stream music without issues, and no drop or slow down has caused buffering issues.
But, I don't recall getting this issue when directly connected to the iMac via a short ethernet cable for the initial Time Machine backups that take over a day.
What I don't understand though, is if the connection did briefly drop and loose the AFP link, why can AFP no longer connect back? Why do I need to sleep the iMac and then wake it again.
HTTP connections to the NAS never seem to drop, and when I can't recconnect via AFP, I can always connect via HTTP? Is this expected of the AFP protocol? Or is it an unexpected issue?

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    browsable = yes
    public = yes
    writable = yes
    # Needed this option after 3.4.6 due to security issues
    wide links = yes

    I removed the . (and moved the directory to match) but I still have the same issue.
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    [2010/05/04 07:25:41.262266, 0] smbd/server.c:500(smbd_open_one_socket)
    smbd_open_once_socket: open_socket_in: Address already in use
    [2010/05/04 07:25:41.266578, 0] smbd/server.c:500(smbd_open_one_socket)
    smbd_open_once_socket: open_socket_in: Address already in use
    [2010/05/04 07:26:01.041577, 1] smbd/server.c:267(remove_child_pid)
    Scheduled cleanup of brl and lock database after unclean shutdown
    [2010/05/04 07:26:21.051370, 1] smbd/server.c:240(cleanup_timeout_fn)
    Cleaning up brl and lock database after unclean shutdown
    [2010/05/04 07:26:45.716653, 1] smbd/server.c:267(remove_child_pid)
    Scheduled cleanup of brl and lock database after unclean shutdown
    [2010/05/04 07:36:46.016675, 0] smbd/server.c:500(smbd_open_one_socket)
    smbd_open_once_socket: open_socket_in: Address already in use
    [2010/05/04 07:36:46.017386, 0] smbd/server.c:500(smbd_open_one_socket)
    smbd_open_once_socket: open_socket_in: Address already in use
    And log.nmbd:
    [2010/05/04 07:25:41, 0] nmbd/nmbd.c:857(main)
    nmbd version 3.5.2 started.
    Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2010
    [2010/05/04 07:26:48.718046, 0] nmbd/nmbd.c:71(terminate)
    Got SIGTERM: going down...
    [2010/05/04 07:27:26, 0] nmbd/nmbd.c:857(main)
    nmbd version 3.5.2 started.
    Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2010
    [2010/05/04 07:27:26.544934, 0] nmbd/nmbd.c:696(open_sockets)
    [2010/05/04 07:36:46, 0] nmbd/nmbd.c:857(main)
    nmbd version 3.5.2 started.
    Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2010

  • AutoFS + Samba share problems when share not online (especially in itunes)

    I'm trying to look into having some or all of my media on a server for a couple of my macs, the main one of interest right now being a mac mini working as a HTPC under a tv, being operated 99% of the time with just the apple remote and frontrow.
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    Basically perfect.
    I quickly tried accessing these files via a symbolic link or alias to them on the remote drive, in doing this i can be somewhat insulated from problems of trying to move the library to other machines/shares in the future. This all works fine but you do lose the ability for itunes to automatically mount the remote drive, which is a bit of a step back, but not a big deal on my normal machine. On my HTPC machine however i'd really like front row to be able to just work, hence automatically mounting the server as required.
    The only problem was that when i tried with files directly added to the itunes library from a remote location frontrow would NOT automount the tracks/videos when you attempted to play them like itunes would do.
    I've just spent the last few hours following the advice here
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    I boiled this down to the following settings
    as root
    vi /etc/auto_master
    and add
    /smb auto_smb
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    vi /etc/auto_smb
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    ie.
    testMount -fstype=smbfs ://netuser:[email protected]/remoteMount
    finally tell automount to throw away its cache
    automount -vc
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    df -h
    shows the indirect map waiting
    map auto_smb 0Bi 0Bi 0Bi 100% /smb
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    ls /smb/testMount
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    df -h
    //[email protected]/Media 466Gi 325Gi 141Gi 70% /smb/Media
    Everything worked well with the share getting mounted nicely when present, frontrow could just start playing the files it needed, perfect!!
    The problem came when i wanted to simulate the media server being offline, basically frontrow, a lot of the system including finder, cd commands attempting to access the share, and itunes if you tried that would all freeze for long periods of time as they tried their best to get the files they were looking for.
    I tried looking into getting this to gracefully time out and think i got somewhere by trying to setup the samba share to be soft linked.. I wasn't sure in what files i could add this to, first attempts didn't seem to do anything but adding this seemed to make a difference
    /etc/nsmb.conf
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    #Configuration file for example.com
    [default]
    minauth=ntlmv2
    streams=yes
    soft=yes
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    Frustratingly itunes and frontrow both still have quite massive pauses even when finder and cds in the background show that perhaps the soft links are working and failing like they should.
    I'm now left wondering what i can do to fix it, and resorting to perhaps having the files added via a symbolic link, using the login items to launch the remote share every boot and then having it so that all i need to do is reboot the HTPC mac mini if the server is on for it to pick it up and let me play the files. Otherwise they'll just be unavailable and will fail gracefully without locking up itunes. The perfect solution would be to either have a crontab running, or some applescript bound somehow to whenever frontrow is ran which manually tries to tell finder to do the equivelant mount the login items setup does.
    It's frustrating though as its so close, and the autofs solution if it did work better would seem to be the perfect solution. Has anyone dabbled with this and got any suggestions as to options you can setup to make things not go horribly wrong when a remote share is NOT present, preferrably within the context of itunes or front row not complaining, but to be honest any suggestions i'll be able to try out myself.
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    Cheers.

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  • Samba shares no longer visible after migration to systemd

    EDIT: Note the file server is CLI only.
    I upgraded my file server to systemd about a week ago and have yet to get the Samba share visible from other devices within my network.  Eveything worked fine under initscripts and other than system upgrades the only thing that has changed about the system is the migration to systemd and addition of the netcfg package.  I can connect manually by typing "smb://<IP>" in a file manager address field but when trying to access the Share via browsing on two different WD media players, a Xoom tablet, typing "smb://" in the address bar of a basic file manager like Thunar or PCManFM or using browsing the Network or Samba Shares links in the Network place from Dolphin the share just doesn't show up.
    The fact that I can access the Share directly, it's just not visible when browsing, makes me think samba is working properly but I'm not sure how to further diagnose the issue and I'd really like to solve the problem and learn something rather than just load up a previous image of the PC before the systemd migration.
    Commands from client
    my /etc/hosts...
    cat /etc/hosts
    #<ip-address> <hostname.domain.org> <hostname>
    127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost dads-pc
    192.168.10.131 dads-pc.HOMESERVER dads-pc
    192.168.10.100 Serverbox.HOMESERVER Serverbox
    Master Browser search, this does look odd, I don't use it on any machine so where the heck did the .255 at the end of the IP address come from? 
    $ nmblookup -M HOMESERVER
    querying HOMESERVER on 192.168.10.255
    name_query failed to find name HOMESERVER#1d
    I can sign in fine...
    $ smbclient -L Serverbox
    Enter dad's password:
    Failed to load upcase.dat, will use lame ASCII-only case sensitivity rules
    Failed to load lowcase.dat, will use lame ASCII-only case sensitivity rules
    Domain=[HOMESERVER] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.6.9]
    Sharename Type Comment
    IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba Server)
    Server Disk The Family Network Share Files
    ParentalMovies Disk Movie folders for Mom and Dad
    Movies Disk Family Movie folders
    Domain=[HOMESERVER] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.6.9]
    Server Comment
    SERVERBOX Samba Server
    Workgroup Master
    HOMESERVER SERVERBOX
    I can sign in as one of the media players fine...
    $ smbclient -L Serverbox -U lr_mediaplayer
    Enter lr_mediaplayer's password:
    Failed to load upcase.dat, will use lame ASCII-only case sensitivity rules
    Failed to load lowcase.dat, will use lame ASCII-only case sensitivity rules
    Domain=[HOMESERVER] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.6.9]
    Sharename Type Comment
    IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba Server)
    Server Disk The Family Network Share Files
    ParentalMovies Disk Movie folders for Mom and Dad
    Movies Disk Family Movie folders
    Domain=[HOMESERVER] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.6.9]
    Server Comment
    SERVERBOX Samba Server
    Workgroup Master
    HOMESERVER SERVERBOX
    Commands from Server
    Both smbd and nmbd services appear functional...
    $ systemctl status smbd nmbd
    smbd.service - Samba SMB/CIFS server
    Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/smbd.service; enabled)
    Active: active (running) since Mon, 2012-11-19 17:48:07 CST; 2h 9min ago
    Main PID: 534 (smbd)
    CGroup: name=systemd:/system/smbd.service
    ├ 534 /usr/sbin/smbd -F
    ├ 551 /usr/sbin/smbd -F
    └ 559 /usr/sbin/smbd -F
    nmbd.service - Samba NetBIOS name server
    Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/nmbd.service; enabled)
    Active: active (running) since Mon, 2012-11-19 17:48:07 CST; 2h 9min ago
    Main PID: 536 (nmbd)
    CGroup: name=systemd:/system/nmbd.service
    └ 536 /usr/sbin/nmbd -F
    The global portion of my /etc/samba/smb.conf file...
    [global]
    workgroup = HOMESERVER
    server string = Samba Server
    log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
    max log size = 50
    dns proxy = No
    valid users = dad, lisa, administrator,lr_mediaplayer, xoom, br_mediaplayer
    read list = dad, lisa, administrator, lr_mediaplayer, xoom, br_mediaplayer
    write list = dad, lisa, administrator
    load printers = no
    write cache size = 262144
    large readwrite = yes
    # These next lines have been added after systemd conversion based on web research, none of which has helped.
    log level = 10
    name resolve order = host bcast lmhosts wins
    interfaces = eth0 192.168.10.100/19
    preferred master = yes
    Testing of the /etc/samba/smb.conf file, no errors ...
    $ testparm smb.conf
    Load smb config files from smb.conf
    rlimit_max: increasing rlimit_max (1024) to minimum Windows limit (16384)
    Processing section "[Movies]"
    Processing section "[ParentalMovies]"
    Processing section "[Server]"
    Loaded services file OK.
    WARNING: You have some share names that are longer than 12 characters.
    These may not be accessible to some older clients.
    (Eg. Windows9x, WindowsMe, and smbclient prior to Samba 3.0.)
    Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE
    My network config file for [email protected]...
    $ cat /etc/network.d/eth0
    CONNECTION='ethernet'
    DESCRIPTION='A basic static ethernet connection using iproute'
    INTERFACE='eth0'
    IP='static'
    ADDR='192.168.10.100'
    #ROUTES=('192.168.0.0/24 via 192.168.1.2')
    GATEWAY='192.168.10.1'
    DNS=('76.85.229.110' '76.85.229.111')
    Master Browser search and again with the rogue .255 ending for the IP address being broadcast.
    $ nmblookup -M HOMESERVER
    INFO: Current debug levels:
    all: 10
    tdb: 10
    printdrivers: 10
    lanman: 10
    smb: 10
    rpc_parse: 10
    rpc_srv: 10
    rpc_cli: 10
    passdb: 10
    sam: 10
    auth: 10
    winbind: 10
    vfs: 10
    idmap: 10
    quota: 10
    acls: 10
    locking: 10
    msdfs: 10
    dmapi: 10
    registry: 10
    doing parameter name resolve order = host bcast lmhosts wins
    doing parameter log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
    doing parameter max log size = 50
    doing parameter dns proxy = No
    doing parameter valid users = dad, lisa, administrator,lr_mediaplayer, xoom, br_mediaplayer
    doing parameter read list = dad, lisa, administrator, lr_mediaplayer, xoom, br_mediaplayer
    doing parameter write list = dad, lisa, administrator
    doing parameter load printers = no
    doing parameter write cache size = 262144
    doing parameter large readwrite = yes
    doing parameter preferred master = yes
    pm_process() returned Yes
    lp_servicenumber: couldn't find homes
    set_server_role: role = ROLE_STANDALONE
    Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
    added interface eth0 ip=fe80::3285:a9ff:fe8e:90f7%eth0 bcast=fe80::ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff%eth0 netmask=ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff::
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    bind succeeded on port 0
    Socket options:
    SO_KEEPALIVE = 0
    SO_REUSEADDR = 1
    SO_BROADCAST = 1
    Could not test socket option TCP_NODELAY.
    Could not test socket option TCP_KEEPCNT.
    Could not test socket option TCP_KEEPIDLE.
    Could not test socket option TCP_KEEPINTVL.
    IPTOS_LOWDELAY = 0
    IPTOS_THROUGHPUT = 0
    SO_SNDBUF = 212992
    SO_RCVBUF = 212992
    SO_SNDLOWAT = 1
    SO_RCVLOWAT = 1
    SO_SNDTIMEO = 0
    SO_RCVTIMEO = 0
    Could not test socket option TCP_QUICKACK.
    Socket opened.
    lang_tdb_init: /usr/lib/samba/en_US.UTF-8.msg: No such file or directory
    querying HOMESERVER on 192.168.10.255
    bind succeeded on port 0
    Socket options:
    SO_KEEPALIVE = 0
    SO_REUSEADDR = 1
    SO_BROADCAST = 1
    Could not test socket option TCP_NODELAY.
    Could not test socket option TCP_KEEPCNT.
    Could not test socket option TCP_KEEPIDLE.
    Could not test socket option TCP_KEEPINTVL.
    IPTOS_LOWDELAY = 0
    IPTOS_THROUGHPUT = 0
    SO_SNDBUF = 212992
    SO_RCVBUF = 212992
    SO_SNDLOWAT = 1
    SO_RCVLOWAT = 1
    SO_SNDTIMEO = 0
    SO_RCVTIMEO = 0
    Could not test socket option TCP_QUICKACK.
    parse_nmb: packet id = 9235
    nmb packet from 192.168.10.100(35072) header: id=9235 opcode=Query(0) response=Yes
    header: flags: bcast=No rec_avail=Yes rec_des=Yes trunc=No auth=Yes
    header: rcode=0 qdcount=0 ancount=1 nscount=0 arcount=0
    answers: nmb_name=HOMESERVER<1d> rr_type=32 rr_class=1 ttl=259200
    answers 0 char .....d hex 0000C0A80A64
    Got a positive name query response from 192.168.10.100 ( 192.168.10.100 )
    192.168.10.100 HOMESERVER<1d>
    Thank you.
    Last edited by imatechguy (2012-11-20 03:16:39)

    ChojinDSL wrote:Do you have a firewall running on that server?
    Are your clients also using systemd?
    Yes I do have a firewall, iptables, and it's the same configuration from before the migration to systemd.  Also note that I can access the shares when explicitly defining the path whether that's in a File Manager, cli or other so access isn't being blocked.  For lack of a better explanation the whole thing gives the appearance that although the Share is active it's just not broadcasting it's existence like it should be.
    I have two PC's, both Arch, one with Openbox and one running KDE that I have migrated to systemd.  Both can access the Share when the path is explicitly defined but don't see it when trying to just browse for the the Share.  I have a Xoom tablet, running Android Jelly Bean, that exhibits the same behavior.  I also have two media players, one an older WD LiveTV Plus model the other a newer WD LiveTV model, neither of which can see the share and browsing is the only option for those devices.  So I've got a pretty good assortment of devices and operating systems that could see the share when browsing previously but can not see the same share by browsing since the migration to systemd on the file server.
    Thank you.

  • Total lock-ups with fan running - translate system.log file please!?

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    Apr 13 15:53:54 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer KernelEventAgent[62]: tid 00000000 received unknown event (256)
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    Apr 13 22:15:49 localhost kernel[0]: USBF: 20.590 OHCI driver: OHCIRootHubPortPower bit not sticking (1). Retrying.
    Apr 13 22:15:49 localhost kernel[0]: USBF: 20.590 OHCI driver: OHCIRootHubPortPower bit not sticking (1). Retrying.
    Apr 13 22:15:49 localhost kernel[0]: USBF: 20.590 OHCI driver: OHCIRootHubPortPower bit not sticking (1). Retrying.
    Apr 13 22:15:49 localhost kernel[0]: USBF: 20.590 OHCI driver: OHCIRootHubPortPower bit not sticking (1). Retrying.
    Apr 13 22:15:49 localhost kernel[0]: USBF: 20.590 OHCI driver: OHCIRootHubPortPower bit not sticking (1). Retrying.
    Apr 13 22:15:49 localhost kernel[0]: USBF: 20.590 OHCI driver: OHCIRootHubPortPower bit not sticking (1). Retrying.
    Apr 13 22:15:49 localhost kernel[0]: USBF: 20.590 OHCI driver: OHCIRootHubPortPower bit not sticking (1). Retrying.
    Apr 13 22:15:49 localhost kernel[0]: USBF: 20.590 OHCI driver: OHCIRootHubPortPower bit not sticking (1). Retrying.
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    Apr 13 22:15:50 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 1
    Apr 13 22:15:50 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 1
    Apr 13 22:15:50 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 1
    Apr 13 22:15:50 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 3
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