>>> Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2004-06-14 17:01:45 >>> > On Mon, 2004-06-14 at 03:09, Wilfred van Velzen wrote: > > When a user is not using a samba share, after a while they become > > "inactive". When a user wants to access the share again, it takes an > > irritating long time before they get access again. The (windows) > > application that does the accessing is not responding during that > > time. There are no drive letters assigned to the shares in a logon > > script. When I do assign a drive letter to the share (in a test > > situation), this problem doesn't seem to exist. But how can I prevent > > this without assigning drive letters to all the shares? > > > > Here's the global section of my /etc/samba/smb.conf : > > > > [global] > > workgroup = SERCOM > > server string = Samba Server > > encrypt passwords = Yes > > map to guest = Bad User > > time server = Yes > > unix extensions = Yes > > socket options = SO_KEEPALIVE IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY > > keepalive = 0 > > printcap name = CUPS > > add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -c Machine -d /dev/null -s > > /bin/false %m$ > > domain logons = Yes > > os level = 65 > > preferred master = Yes > > domain master = Yes > > printing = cups > > veto files = /*.eml/*.nws/riched20.dll/*.{*}/ > > > > I've already experimented with the 'socket options' and 'keepalive' > > options, but these don't seem to make any difference... > > From the included docs for Samba: > > deadtime (G) > The value of the parameter (a decimal integer) represents the > number of minutes of inactivity before a connection is > considered dead, and it is disconnected. The deadtime only takes > effect if the number of open files is zero. > > This is useful to stop a server's resources being exhausted by a > large number of inactive connections. > > Most clients have an auto-reconnect feature when a connection is > broken so in most cases this parameter should be transparent to > users. > > Using this parameter with a timeout of a few minutes is > recommended for most systems. > > A deadtime of zero indicates that no auto-disconnection should > be performed. > > Default: deadtime = 0 > > Example: deadtime = 15 > > Hope this helps.
Since 'deadtime = 0' is the default, and I haven't specified it explicitly, this should already be in effect. But I have now specified 'deadtime = 540' in my global section, as a test value... We'll see... Met vriendelijke groet / Best regards, Wilfred van Velzen Met vriendelijke groet / Best regards, Wilfred van Velzen -- SERCOM Regeltechniek b.v. Heereweg 9 2161 AB Lisse Nederland +31 (0)252 416530 (voice) +31 (0)252 419481 (fax) <http://www.sercom.nl/> Op al onze offertes, op alle opdrachten aan ons en op alle met ons gesloten overeenkomsten zijn toepasselijk de METAALUNIEVOORWAARDEN, gedeponeerd ter Griffie van de Rechtbank te Rotterdam, zoals deze luiden volgens de laatstelijk aldaar neergelegde tekst. De leveringsvoorwaarden worden u op verzoek toegezonden. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba