Re: Samba Problem - connection to win2k shares dies when win2k reboots

[Gordon Keehn <gordonkeehn@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris Jones wrote:

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> I am having a problem with my Samba connection to my Win2k box. When I
> have to reboot the win2k box (frequently, because of M$ security
> patches, and for application updates that don't know how to avoid the
> reboot problem), my FC3 box suddenly loses connection to the win2k box.
> The Win2k box can see the FC3 box happily both before and after the reboot.
>
> To correct the problem I am having to umount each win2k share and
> smbmount the share. However, one mount is stubbornly refusing to either
> umount or smbumount. The response to the umount command is:
>
> umount: /export/gandalfe: device is busy
> umount: /export/gandalfe: device is busy
>
> and then the smbmount command gives the following response:
>
> Could not resolve mount point /export/gandalfe
>
>
> Can anyone point me in the right direction to overcome this problem?
> Also, I would appreciate some feedback as to how to prevent the reboot
> of winblows causing the disconnection. Can FC3 detect the disconnection
>  and attempt to reinstate the connections?
>
>  
   I have the same problem with Windows XP.  It's particularly annoying 
that there doesn't seem to be any logic to explain why one share refuses 
to be umounted.  As far as I can tell (OK, that's not all that far) 
there are no running processes which access the hanging share.
   Cheers,
Gordon Keehn