[H-GEN] Samba Woes

[Patrick Nichols]

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Robert Stuart said:

Well, you solved the problem.

>> The problem:
>> File opens/file saves/directory listings on shares from our samba
>> server occasionally pause for a short time ranging from a couple of
>> seconds up to 30 or more.  This is often enough to make the windows
>> machines crash.

> issues.  You might also like to turn on WINS support:
>
> wins support = yes
> name resolve order = wins bcast hosts

I set up wins support following your instructions. :)

> You run your server in "SHARE" mode not "user" mode.  I'm not sure what
> the implications of that are as I've never run a server that way.  I'd
> suggest investigating security = user.

In share mode, you can connect to each share as a different user, in user
mode you have to only connect as a single user to all shares.  I played
with security=user after your suggestion, but changed it back so I
wouldn't have to play with client machines.

> Locking: I'd run the machine with these locking settings below.  I have
> had horrible problems with kernel oplocks so I wouldn't recommend them.
> blocking locks are ON by default - yuck!  Is it possible that the
> problem only happens on shares that have files opened by other clients?
>
>    blocking locks = no
>    locking = yes
>    oplocks = yes
>    level2 oplocks = no
>    kernel oplocks = no
>    strict locking = yes

Implemented these.

Something in the above solved the problems, but I did all your proposed
changes at once.  Everyone is happy, and commented on how well behaved the
server was today.

Thanks.

-- 
Later,
Patrick Nichols

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