Re: [gentoo-user] major problem after samba update

lee <lee@××××××××.de> wrote:

> covici@××××××××××.com writes:
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> > lee <lee@××××××××.de> wrote:
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> >> covici@××××××××××.com writes:
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> >> > lee <lee@××××××××.de> wrote:
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> >> >> covici@××××××××××.com writes:
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> >> >> > lee <lee@××××××××.de> wrote:
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> >> >> >> covici@××××××××××.com writes:
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> >> >> >> > Hi.  I just upgraded from samba 4.1.x to 4.2.7 and in one of my shares,
> >> >> >> > I can not access any subfolders of that share.  It usually gives me some
> >> >> >> > kind of windows permission error, or just location not available.
> >> >> >> > Windows tells me I can't even display the advanced security settings for
> >> >> >> > any folder.  Anyone know what they did and how to fix?  There is a hard
> >> >> >> > blocker to downgrading, so maybe something is up.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Do they have a changelog which you looked at?  Can you mount these
> >> >> >> shares from a Linux client?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > These are on a Linux server, so there is no problem there.
> >> >>
> >> >> Can you definitely mount the share from a remote Linux client without
> >> >> problems?
> >> >>
> >> >> > Changelog doesn't say anything but the version number.
> >> >
> >> > I don't have any remote linux client and this is samba, used so that
> >> > windows can access the share.
> >>
> >> You could make a copy of everything in the inaccessible share, make a
> >> new share with settings identical to the settings of the shares that are
> >> still accessible when copying has finished, and try to access the new
> >> share with a remote client.
> >>
> >> If you can access the new share, either something with the old one is
> >> weird, or you have changed something like permissions or extended
> >> attributes by copying.
> >>
> >>
> >> If you cannot access the new share, try a different kernel version (or
> >> try a different kernel version first).  I've had a case in which a
> >> kernel would freeze/panic when the directory contents of a directory
> >> that was exported via NFS were displayed with ls on a NFS client.
> >>
> >> IIRC samba uses kernel support on the server.  Perhaps you have a
> >> version mismatch between the new samba version and what the kernel
> >> supports.
> >
> > The share is my whole system, so obviously I cannot copy to a new
> > share.
>
> You can still try a different kernel, preferably one that is compatible
> with the samba version you're using.
>
> Other than that, I don't understand why anyone would try to export the
> whole system like that.  It sounds like a recipe for failure to me.

Thanks for your response.

I have been using the same kernel for a while, so I don't think that is
the problem.  Its 4.1 the latest lts.

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