Re: cifs mount failing

BJ Taylor wrote:
> I have 2 opensuse 11.1 machines that have a mounted folder that's
> connected to an opensuse 10.3 samba server.� The folder is fairly
> consistently.� However, every few days, the folder will stop
> responding.� Doing a 'ls' on the folder (not inside the folder) I get an
> error saying that the host server is not responding.� However, I have at
> least 4 other servers that are connected to the same share and do not

What is the kernel version being used (uname -r) and the Samba server
version? Are you running up-to-date openSUSE 10.3 and 11.1 boxes?

> ever get this problem.� Once the machine gets this problem, the only way
> I know to fix it is to reboot the machine.� umount -l and umount -f both
> crash the machine (ie, it is unresponsive to all network traffic and
> even from the monitor and keyboard plugged into it, and will stay that
> way for days).� Searching the logs has been futile.� I either do not
> know where to look or nothing is being recorded.� Using netstat I can

Do you find any CIFS related/Oops message in /var/log/messages?

> Are there any known bugs that would cause this?� Would updating the
> samba server to opensuse 11.1 fix the problem by any chance?� Any advice
> on how I can further debug this and get some meaningful output?
> 

Doesn't sound like a known issue to me. But, there is no harm in
updating systems (both client and server) and see whether the problem is
still reproducible or not. Do you suspend/hibernate the box with cifs
mounted?

Also, please report the bug here:
https://bugzilla.novell.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=openSUSE+11.1&format=guided


Thanks,

-- 
Suresh Jayaraman