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From: Jerry McBride <mcbrides9@×××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] lots of wierd traffic with smb mounted share
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 11:14:00
Message-Id: 200510211108.05026.mcbrides9@comcast.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] lots of wierd traffic with smb mounted share by Iain Buchanan
1 On Friday 21 October 2005 07:03, Iain Buchanan wrote:
2 > I have autofs mounting a windows share on my network, 's'. This is the
3 > line from the automount file:
4 > s -fstype=smbfs,defaults,gid=mounter,dmask=770,fmask=660,credentials=<file>
5 > ://server1/public
6 >
7 > However, I noticed recently there was quite a bit of traffic (5k/s)
8 > whenever this share was mounted, when I'm not copying anything. When I
9 > look at ethereal, I see this sort of pattern repeated continuously:
10 >
11 > No. Time Source Destination Protocol
12 > Info 68 3.007178 172.16.0.52 172.16.0.1 SMB
13 > Query Information Disk Request 69 3.007466 172.16.0.1
14 > 172.16.0.52 SMB Query Information Disk Response 70 3.007496
15 > 172.16.0.52 172.16.0.1 TCP 36789 > microsoft-ds
16 > [ACK] Seq=1713 Ack=2827 Win=4356 Len=0 TSV=27437885 TSER=54117888 71
17 > 3.007540 172.16.0.52 172.16.0.1 SMB Trans2
18 > Request, QUERY_PATH_INFO, Query File All Info, Path: \ 72 3.007989
19 > 172.16.0.1 172.16.0.52 SMB Trans2 Response,
20 > QUERY_PATH_INFO[Unreassembled Packet] 73 3.008121 172.16.0.52
21 > 172.16.0.1 SMB Trans2 Request, QUERY_PATH_INFO, Query File
22 > All Info, Path: \ 74 3.008458 172.16.0.1 172.16.0.52
23 > SMB Trans2 Response, QUERY_PATH_INFO[Unreassembled Packet] 75
24 > 3.008525 172.16.0.52 172.16.0.1 SMB Trans2
25 > Request, QUERY_PATH_INFO, Query File All Info, Path: \ 76 3.008853
26 > 172.16.0.1 172.16.0.52 SMB Trans2 Response,
27 > QUERY_PATH_INFO[Unreassembled Packet]
28 >
29 > I have no idea what a "Query Information Disk Request" is, so any info
30 > would be appreciated! I tried with and without iptables activated, and
31 > the result is the same.
32 >
33 > Thanks.
34 >
35 > mount.smbfs Version 3.0.20b.
36 > --
37 > Iain Buchanan <iaindb@××××××××××××.au>
38
39 Are the IP addresses within your local control? From my memory of using/
40 working with samba, you're seeing the typical smb conversation that goes on
41 endlessly as servers and clients get to know each other... :')
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