read_data: read failure for 4 bytes to client X.X.X.X Error = Connection reset by peer

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

The following error was generated when accessing a samba share using Windows 7:

Jun 25 07:24:02 xxxxx smbd[15164]: [2012/06/25 07:24:02, 0] lib/util_sock.c:read_data(540)
Jun 25 07:24:02 xxxxx smbd[15164]:   read_data: read failure for 4 bytes to client xx.xx.xx.xx. Error = Connection reset by peer

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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