Sorry, I deleted a bunch of the original posts with a trigger happy delete finger, so I might've missed something in the discussion.
One thing that I've found affects the performance of Windows network browsing -- and it has nothing to do with Samba -- is stale connections to servers and shares that no longer exist. On the workstation, check out the following: * Look in "My Network Places" and remove any shortcuts that point to servers/shares that no longer exist * Delete any drive mappings to nonexistent shares * Look in the registry at the key HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints. Under this key will be a bunch of keys; some of them will be named in the form of ##server#share. DELETE any of these so-named keys that refer to nonexistent shares/servers. The problem is that certain products, including Microsoft Office, Excel, (and I guess) Access will, whenever you attempt to open a file, try to index all of these cached network locations, even if it's not the folder that it's ultimately trying to open up. When it runs across a cached location that no longer exists, it will hang while waiting for a response from the server. If the server no longer exists, you can end up waiting several seconds to several minutes until Explorer times out in its search for the server. --Jon Johnson Sutinen Consulting, Inc. www.sutinen.com (360) 270-9317 cell On 5/10/2006 4:42 AM, daniel arjona wrote: > Samba: 3.014a-Debian > > > OS: Debian 3.1 Release 1 Sarge > > > > > > [global] > workgroup = REVLON > netbios name = FILE_SRV > security = user > encrypt passwords = yes > passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u > unix password sync = yes > socket options = IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY > hosts deny = ALL > hosts allow = 172.18.40. 127.0.0.1 > debug level = 1 > create mask = 0777 > directory mask = 0775 > read raw = no > write cache size = 262144 > # new setups > oplocks = yes > veto oplock files = /*.mdb/*.MDB/ > server string = Samba %v > > > > [shares] > comment = Data > path = /home/shares > valid user = darjona pc01 pc02 pc03 pc04 pc05 pc06 pc07 pc08 pc09 pc10 > writable = yes > printable = no > browseable = yes > > > Daniel Arjona > Net Admin > GENCO Distribution Systems > http://www.genco.com/ > 8740 Robert Fulton Dr > Columbia, MD 21046 > Ph: 410-872-0875 X12 > Fax: 410-872-0877 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Jeremy Allison > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: daniel arjona > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: > samba@lists.samba.org > 05/09/2006 02:43 Subject: Re: [Samba] poor > performance - multiuser fileserver database (ms-access) > PM > > Please respond to > > Jeremy Allison > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 02:40:32PM -0400, daniel arjona wrote: > >> I have a file server running with Samba over Debian Sarge 3.1 R1. This >> File server store MDB and XLS files. Could anybody give me an optimal >> setup for my samba server (smb.conf). Actually, the performance is very >> poor. >> > > What version of Samba is this ? > > Jeremy. > > > > > > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba