[mdlug] saving a dying samba server

[Jason Taylor]

On Mon, 2008-10-06 at 06:46 -0700, Dean Durant wrote:
> Hello, I have this samba server which needs to be rebooted every day.   Just restarting the smb service doesn't do it.   But rebooting does fix it.
> What does rebooting do that would fix it?    Is there a cron job I can run that might flush the smb cache, or something?    I already have a cron job that restarts the smb service in the middle of the night.   Not helping.  
> 
> Of course, everyone else in my office is against samba.   So I supposed it's a lost cause.
> Just looking for thoughts, ideas.    Thanks.  
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Is it possible the networking service in general is getting borked? Do
other network services work okay? Try stopping and restarting the
network services and samba?

-Jason
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