Users not logging out properly

[Anonymous]

Hello All,

Some strange issues have cropped up on our Xserve (1Gig RAM, X.2.3). After a few hours, AppleShare acts up to the point where it claims users are logged in, refuses to disconnect idle users. We’re using X.2.3 clients to authenticate to the Xserve and pull home folders from it; there seem to be about 10 guest connections per machine (as many as we have automount share points) but even when the only operating client is shut off, Server Status just sits there saying they’re idle and have not disconected. Oh yeah, and every so often I get the message MMap Chainhead is NULL, right before everything goes south.

Any ideas? I am pulling my hair out as I have to restart AFP every few ours!
–John
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[Anonymous]

How long has this server been running Mac OS X Server? Since 10.2? What CD’s did you originally install it from?

[Anonymous]

I am having the same problem!! Is there any joy on this?

[Anonymous]

Try out the 10.3.8 update why? That’s like saying reinstall the OS. Why? Or how about the answer I just read on the apple support page http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300743. Sheer genius. Ignore the errors.

How about this goof on the discussion forum. http://discussions.info.apple.com/[email protected]@.689dfb61/2 I know, lets delete preferences files without first even looking at them… oh, and then lets reinstall the OS! OR replace the mainboard!

Does someone have a meaningful answer as to why:

My unlimited license OS X (just updated to 10.3.8! on a fresh install of the OS, on just initialized hard drives, in a brand new Xserve g5 dual) with afp turned on the ethernet interface, in the server manager, and with no idle timeouts set in the manager or the preference file (which is in XML with ENGLISH tags!), times out users with or without home directories network mounts, and disconnects one or more of the AFP mounts from the server to the desktop.

This occurs at seemingly arbitrary intervals, there are no other anomolies on my network from workstation to workstation or anywhere else. The only error message in the AFP logs is the MMAP message.

I chasing down afpfs_Reconnect messages from the kernel.

Any further speculations or anecdotes?

[Anonymous]

Our servers, too, are encountering this error. We are at version 10.3.9. Does anyone have an idea as to what is causing this. I’m getting to the point of formatting the servers and rebuilding from scratch.

Any thoughts? Thanks for your time.

[Anonymous]

I have a 10.3.9 svr which does not log out idle users. At all, ever. I am concerned that my server will get clogged with fantom connections from portables which are not online over night; but lid closed and charging. Any help on this one?

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