Re: Input/Output Error copying to samba mount

[Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk>]

On (18/02/05 17:04), James Cummings wrote:
> Hiya,
> 
> Running debian unstable, connecting to samba mounts on other machines
> seems to have a problem.
> 
> 1) everything has got really really sllllooooww.
> 
> i.e. If I: cd ~/mnt/remotemachine/directory  ; vi test.txt 
> vi takes a minute or two to load/save/ etc.
> 
> 2) I can't overwrite files even though logged in with proper permissions 
> and smb.conf using 777.
> 
> # cp ~/.bashrc test.txt
> cp: cannot create regular file `test.txt': Input/output error
> 
> if I rm test.txt and then try to copy again, it does so fine (though
> painfully slowly....)
> 
> pinging the remote machine reveals no network problems.  
> 
> I've purged and reinstalled samba/samba-common/smbfs
> 
> Both machines are debian (using samba because others here are running
> windows)...
> 
> Any more suggestions on how to fix samba?
Quick question: Are the remote machines on the same subnet and are they
in the same wrokgroup?

Regards

Clive


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