HP CIFS Server 3.0f Release Notes version A.02.03

"/var/opt/samba/locks/connections.tdb not initialized. This is normal if an

SMB client has never connected to your server."

Workaround

The current version of smbstatus requires the write access permission for

/var/opt/samba/locks/connections.tdb, /var/opt/samba/locks/locking.tdb and

/var/opt/samba/locks/brlock.tdb files.

For a workaround, ensure that any users attempting to run smbstatus are given the write access to these

files.

Problem

The HP CIFS Server creates a smbnull user for guest access, which does not have or require a home

directory. However the password/group file checker tool, pwck, on HP-UX always assumes that each

entry in the /etc/passwd file should have its own login directory. If there is no entry, the pwck command

will complain about it and give the following checking result:

smbnull:*:101:101:DO NOT USE OR DELETE - needed by Samba:/home/smbnull:/sbin/sh

For the same reason, the pwck command also complains for machine trust accounts in the HP CIFS Server.

Workaround

No workaround exists.

Problem

Changing the password stored in the smbpasswd file from a Windows XP machine without the sign and

seal patch will fail and corrupt the password for the user.

Workaround

The password must then be reset by the administrator if this occurs.

Problem

When you use terminal server clients to access to shares on a CIFS server, all of the clients from that

terminal server connect over a single virtual connection, and are serviced by a single SMBD process on

the CIFS Server. This can lead to a number of issues, including too many files open by a process, too many

locks, and performance degredation for the clients, since they all share a single SMBD process.

Workaround

For the Windows NT, you can set a registry parameter,

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Rdr\Parameters\MultipleUsersOnConnection,

to 1 which forces each terminal server client to negotiate its own connection, so that each client gets a

separate SMBD process. For the Windows 2000 terminal services, Microsoft provides a hotfix, Q818528.

You can apply this hotfix and set the following values:

Subkey:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MRxSmb\Parameters

Type:REG_DWORD

Entry: MultiUserEnabled

Value: 1

NOTE: Do not install the hotfix, Q818528, on a system running the windows 2003. This hotfix only

applies to the Windows 2000.

For detailed information on the hotfix, see the Microsoft Q818528 article at:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=818528

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