Window 8 File Explorer not responding due to Samba Shares after update

[marcus178]

I updated to v3.0.32 last night and now on my Windows 8 PC the mapped samba shares are causing the File Explorer to be unresponsive.

If I remove all shares the File explorer works are normal, and seems ok after adding 1 share but after adding 2 shares become completely unresponsive again.

There is a mixture of various other PC and Macs which are all fine and none of which run Windows 8.

[rhen]

I have similar problems.

Most of the times only the user's home folder is inaccessible. Restarting File Sharing solve the problem.
Sometimes the other shares inaccessible. In this case I have to restart the DNS Service.

I have this problem over 2 months. The problems appear randomly, but it seems like I have less problem over time. I don't know why.

The strange thing is that the problem appears only on Windows 8 and 8.1 machines. Windows XP and 7 users doesn't notice any problem.

It looks like this is a samba error: https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10415
It is filed in the zentyal bug tracker too: https://tracker.zentyal.org/issues/243

[marcus178]

So is upgrading to 3.2 likely to fix the issue?

[rhen]

So is upgrading to 3.2 likely to fix the issue?

I use the 3.2, so this is problem with the 3.2 too. Today the samba updated as described in the bug report, so maybe the problem doesn't appear anymore after the update.

[pcready.cl]

i need this too!

[peterpugh]

The strange thing is that the problem appears only on Windows 8 and 8.1 machines. Windows XP and 7 users doesn't notice any problem.

It looks like this is a samba error: https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10415
It is filed in the zentyal bug tracker too: https://tracker.zentyal.org/issues/243

Redmond Herrings when they say the co-operate probably.

PS +1 As yeap looks like win 8 causes crashes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_Microsoft_competition_case

M$ being M$ try to escape this and when it comes to client advise I would employ M$ technologies that roll up to 2008.
Obviously something is different in Win8 and the poor Samba guys will prob have to reverse engineer the solution.
Or say sod it Ok Win 8 die.

Works with 7, Win 8 just say no!

Samba4 is a Win2008 server, well 2003 that you can elevate any one tried that?

https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba-tool-external

samba-tool domain level raise  --domain-level=2008_R2

samba-tool domain level raise  --forest-level=2008_R2

I have doubts it will do much, prob smb3 functionality and maybe we don't use a btrfs backend. Dunno really but maybe a try.

[pcready.cl]

Today we release the version of samba 4.1.5 which should solve the problem that is discussed here.

Someone already I apply and how it works, it really solve?

[rhen]

Today we release the version of samba 4.1.5 which should solve the problem that is discussed here.

Someone already I apply and how it works, it really solve?

Seem good to me so far.

[pcready.cl]

Today we release the version of samba 4.1.5 which should solve the problem that is discussed here.

Someone already I apply and how it works, it really solve?

Seem good to me so far.

It worked for me too.

But even if I try not to solves the problem with computers that have Windows 8 and 8.1.

Someone already saw if it works?

[rhen]

It worked for me too.

But even if I try not to solves the problem with computers that have Windows 8 and 8.1.

Someone already saw if it works?

I use Windows 8.1 and Zentyal 3.2.x. I haven't had problem since the update.

[pcready.cl]

It should mark this topic as resolved.

Any moderator can mark as solved please.