[plug] Dying Samba Server

[Tomasz Grzegurzko]

On 11/2/06, Daniel Pearson (Flashware Solutions) <daniel at flashware.net> wrote:
>
>  Ok, so I've got a box running Ubuntu Server running kernel 2.6.15-23-amd64
> (that I'm using as a Samba DC/FS) - and in recent weeks it seems to have
> just completed halted at least once a week.
>
>  I've had a look through /var/log/messages kern.log and syslog and can't
> seem to find any 'error' messages in there.. where else should I be looking?
>
>  TIA; Dan
>
Is there anything on the console when it "goes"? Kernel panics, HDD
read errors, anything like that? I've found such `hard' lockups are
usually the result of hardware failures but narrowing them down may
require a peek at the console to verify if anything happened before
that freeze.

Tomasz