On Fri, 3 May 2002, Christoph Kaegi wrote: > I am actually a little in distress about this one. > They want to replace our main samba fileserver with a W2k one, > if I can't get it to play nice with our new environment. > > So, if anyone could give me a hint, in what direction > I can investigate further, I would be *very* grateful.
Well, all of the stuff you talk about below is actually RPC traffic. So, the question is, why does it need to do this stuff prior to copying a file to a share or accessing a share. Do you have a trace that you want to share [pun intended] around? > Thanks > > Christoph > > On 2002.05.02 11:45, Christoph Kaegi wrote: > > > > We experience a 6 seconds delay when accessing a samba share, for example > > when copying a local file to the share, or accessing the share by > > doubleclicking on "my documents", which is redirected to the UNC sharename. > > > > When looking at the network traffic, i see the following: > > > > - client is doing a create request to \srvsvc on the IPC$ Share > > - this succeeds and the client gets a FID > > - client does a DCERPC Bind (UUID: 4b324fc8-1670-01d3-1278-5a47bf6ee188) > > - now, the server responds with a 'Write AndX Response' > > Error: STATUS_INVALID_HANDLE > > - client tries do close the FID but gets again a STATUS_INVALID_HANDLE > > > > This is repeated for about 400 to 600 packets, then the original > > user request for copying or showing a share succeeds. > > > > I can send a tcpdump of this, if it helps. > > > > Our configuration is as follows: > > > > Server: > > > > - Sun Solaris 8 / Sparc > > - Samba 2.2.3a > > - smb.conf entry for the share: > > -------------------------------- 8< -------------------------------- > > [homes] > > comment = Home Directory M: > > path = %H > > read only = No > > create mask = 0755 > > browseable = No > > -------------------------------- 8< -------------------------------- > > - this server is authenticating via NTLM to a W2k Active Directory > > - Usernames/Groups are resolved via nss_ldap > > (http://www.padl.com/OSS/nss_ldap.html) > > > > Client: > > > > - Windows XP professional > > - 'My documents' redirected to the UNC path of the homeshare > > > > > > I gladly provide more information, if needed. > > > > Can anyone explain, what Windows ist trying to do with those > > requests? > > Is it possible to get rid of this delay? > > [...] > > -- Regards ----- Richard Sharpe, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]