I've got a NFS directory that's shared among my RHEL5 servers that I'd like to give access to a couple of Win2K servers, also. The easiest way to do so is to NFS mount the directory on my Samba server, and export the directory as a Samba share.
It works. Kind of. But it redefines 'slow'. Copying the file from a normal Samba share takes under 10 seconds on a slow network: [c:\program files\resource kit]timethis.exe copy y:\testfile \tmp TimeThis : Command Line : copy y:\testfile \tmp TimeThis : Start Time : Mon May 04 09:24:30 2009 Y:\testfile => C:\tmp\testfile 1 file copied TimeThis : Command Line : copy y:\testfile \tmp TimeThis : Start Time : Mon May 04 09:24:30 2009 TimeThis : End Time : Mon May 04 09:24:39 2009 TimeThis : Elapsed Time : 00:00:09.123 But the same file from a NFS share exported via Samba takes five times as long: [c:\program files\resource kit]timethis.exe copy x:\tmp\testfile \tmp TimeThis : Command Line : copy x:\tmp\testfile \tmp TimeThis : Start Time : Mon May 04 09:22:07 2009 X:\tmp\testfile => C:\tmp\testfile 1 file copied TimeThis : Command Line : copy x:\tmp\testfile \tmp TimeThis : Start Time : Mon May 04 09:22:07 2009 TimeThis : End Time : Mon May 04 09:22:51 2009 TimeThis : Elapsed Time : 00:00:44.295 The NFS export looks like so: /var/ftp/pub 192.168.0.0/255.255.0.0(rw,no_root_squash,async) and the smb.conf entry like this: [nfs] comment = tolstoy nfs directory path = /mnt/rhel read only = no browseable = yes public = yes create mask = 0666 Pointers in the right direction - or where to start looking - greatly appreciated. Thanks... -- Tim Boyer Denman Tire Corporation -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba