Josh wrote:

> Hello all.
>
> i'm a pretty experienced smbd admin. however, i've recently found
> problems
> with the deadtime parameter. In the smb.conf manpage: "Most clients have
> an auto-reconnect feature when a connectoin is broken so in most cases
> this
> parameter should be transparent to users." I need the deadtime parameter
> because I am running a high-end file server, but I have noticed that
> debian machines that have mounted shares are crashing due to an idle
> disconnect
> because of the deadtime setting. what happens is keventd crashes and the
> users looses use of his/her keyboard. a reboot is the only option to
> restore the machine. any suggestions as to how to get around this?
>
> Thanks ahead of time!
>
> --josh
>
> --
> To Run Fast, You Must Run Fast.
> -- http://www.MyRunning.com --


Just to follow up this post, I've figured out the trouble. Apparently not
all linux clients connecting crashed after the deadtime was up. Luckily
for me, there were a couple of debian security releases that appear to have
fixed the problem.

--josh

--
To Run Fast, You Must Run Fast.
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