samba stuck after un-docking the notebook

blnl · 01-17-2017, 09:34 AM

Once I mount samba drive it is essential to un-mount before un-docking the notebook, otherwise I samba is not working any more.

Today, I forgot to un-mount samba drive before going to a meeting. Now. I'm back at my desk, and my notebook is in the docking station.

1) I can't access the samba drive

2) I can't mount samba drive. If I try to do so, the terminal becomes unresponsive, Ctrl+C does not work either, must close the terminal.

Code:

[boris@E7440 ~]$ sudo mount -t cifs //smb.nxdi.nl-cdc01.nxp.com/home /mnt/NXDIsmb -o uid=1000,gid=100,credentials=/root/samba.credentials
[sudo] password for boris:

3) I can't un-mount samba drive. If I try to do so, the terminal becomes unresponsive, Ctrl+C does not work either, must close the terminal.

Code:

[boris@E7440 ~]$ sudo umount /mnt/NXDIsmb
[sudo] password for boris:

How to recover from this?

The only way that I know is to reboot the computer. Is there a better way?

blnl · 01-17-2017, 09:45 AM

Actually, after 15-20 min, while I was writing this post, samba came back to life and I can access the drive again.

What is going on here?

How to improve the time needed to reestablish the connection?

blnl · 01-21-2017, 07:47 AM

I'm trying out gvfs now. In fact, it performs much better. When switching from LAN to WiFi, samba location is accessible within 20-30 seconds...

Code:

[boris@E7440 ~]$ gvfs-mount smb://smb.nxdi.nl-cdc01.nxp.com/home
Password required for share home on smb.nxdi.nl-cdc01.nxp.com
User [boris]:
Domain [SAMBA]: 
Password: 
[boris@E7440 ~]$ ll /run/user/1000/gvfs/
total 0
drwx------. 1 boris boris 0 Jan 17 17:54 'smb-share:server=smb.nxdi.nl-cdc01.nxp.com,share=home'