Re: [Samba] Windows XP Home Edition
Hi Jonathan Bernard, you wrote: > It is true that XP Home can not authenticate to a domain, but an > upgrade to XP Pro will not automatically solve the disconnected drive > problem. > > My main work station is XP Pro and authenticates to a Win2K AD PDC, > and I will still loose touch with the my mapped drive (which is > mapped to the shared AD resource). Clicking on the share will > re-connect it again, but that doesn't fix your problem > > Our company has looked for a fix for this for a while, and have yet > to find anything that works. for a connection to an samba server use a shorter keepalive time in smb.conf. Default is keepalive = 300 Depending on the application you have to use for instance keepalive = 30 This will increase the load of the samba server with many connections! See also the parameter deadime For a connection to a windows server you have to edit the registry of the server: Registry Settings System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\ Parameters] Value Name: Autodisconnect Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value) Value Data: 0 to 4,294,967,295 (0x) in minutes der tom -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
[Samba] Windows XP Home Edition
Just a thought, does your Mortgage software have an Auto save feature? If so may you can set it for every 5 or 10 minutes to keep the share active. I would think someone has developed a work around for this by now. Have you Checked Google for one? Kev Message: 31 Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 08:01:27 -0700 From: Eric Treu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain I am using Samba 2.2.3a-12.3 on a Debian server. All the clients but one are XP home edition. I have a share on the server which all workstations are able to see, view, write, edit, etc. After 15 minutes of inactivity the share obtains a red X over the share icon. I am able to reactivate the share by clicking on the red x with no problems. I understand that Microsoft, in their wisdom, has a share timeout after 15 minutes of inactivity. This might not seem like a problem, but the mortgage software will default to the local hard drive if it cannot find the share; therefore, writing data to the hard drive and not to the shared data drive. Can anybody help me. I have come to the conclusion that the one XP Professional box that I have does not have this problem. I don't want to upgrade, buy, or install XP Professional on all the boxes. HELP. Eric -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] Windows XP Home Edition
- Original Message - From: "Mark Cooke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "John H Terpstra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Samba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 11:15 PM Subject: Re: [Samba] Windows XP Home Edition > On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 23:04, John H Terpstra wrote: > > On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, Eric Treu wrote: > > > I understand that Microsoft, in their wisdom, has a share timeout after > > > 15 minutes of inactivity. > > > > Yes. Correct. > > > > > Can anybody help me. I have come to the conclusion that the one XP > > > Professional box that I have does not have this problem. I don't want > > > to upgrade, buy, or install XP Professional on all the boxes. > > > > Sorry. MS have you snookered. > > Try finding a program that can use the share every 10 minutes to prevent > it going idle... > > Eg, Write a cmd/bat file that copies a file over, sleeps for 10 minutes, > and repeats ? I currently have a batch file in every user's startup folder on the xp home machine that does this: net use \\server1 /user:\ (You can use * if you don't want to specify a pasword on command line - server1 is the name of my samba server) This seems to log them on to the server and allow them to use resources - printer and home folder. I haven't noticed it timing out but that may just be me not noticing. I think my account is invincible as its still set up to autologon or something as a hangover from my experiments with X-teq. But even a batch file to log you on every 10 minutes would do the job, no need to copy a file *I think*. matt > > A horrid cludge, but should stop the share going inactive, and work > around your problem. > > Mark > > -- > Mark Cooke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.520 / Virus Database: 318 - Release Date: 18/09/2003 -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] Windows XP Home Edition
PGina may restore some of what you're looking for. See: http://pgina.xpasystems.com/ This project is on my to-do list Chris Smith wrote: On Tuesday 23 September 2003 11:01, Eric Treu wrote: Can anybody help me. I have come to the conclusion that the one XP Professional box that I have does not have this problem. Xteq X-Setup from http://www.xteq.com/products/xset/ can allow some better LAN functionality, at a price - you must enable auto-logons (how insecure can you get?). I've used it with some degree of success on individual's private systems that needed a workable connection to the corporate LAN. I would never use its psuedo "domain" capabilities on the corporate systems. I don't want to upgrade, buy, or install XP Professional on all the boxes. Then they will always be crippled to one degree or another. HELP. I echo John T. here. And add that although the OS is badly butchered MS has to at least be somewhat applauded for aptly naming it - the big "HOME" in the title should be a clear clue to all. -- John Schmerold Katy Computer Systems, Inc 20 Meramec Station Rd Valley Park MO 63088 314-316-9000 v 775-227-6947 f -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] Windows XP Home Edition
On Tuesday 23 September 2003 11:01, Eric Treu wrote: > Can anybody help me. I have come to the conclusion that the one XP > Professional box that I have does not have this problem. Xteq X-Setup from http://www.xteq.com/products/xset/ can allow some better LAN functionality, at a price - you must enable auto-logons (how insecure can you get?). I've used it with some degree of success on individual's private systems that needed a workable connection to the corporate LAN. I would never use its psuedo "domain" capabilities on the corporate systems. > I don't want > to upgrade, buy, or install XP Professional on all the boxes. Then they will always be crippled to one degree or another. > HELP. I echo John T. here. And add that although the OS is badly butchered MS has to at least be somewhat applauded for aptly naming it - the big "HOME" in the title should be a clear clue to all. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] Windows XP Home Edition
On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 23:04, John H Terpstra wrote: > On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, Eric Treu wrote: > > I understand that Microsoft, in their wisdom, has a share timeout after > > 15 minutes of inactivity. > > Yes. Correct. > > > Can anybody help me. I have come to the conclusion that the one XP > > Professional box that I have does not have this problem. I don't want > > to upgrade, buy, or install XP Professional on all the boxes. > > Sorry. MS have you snookered. Try finding a program that can use the share every 10 minutes to prevent it going idle... Eg, Write a cmd/bat file that copies a file over, sleeps for 10 minutes, and repeats ? A horrid cludge, but should stop the share going inactive, and work around your problem. Mark -- Mark Cooke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
RE: [Samba] Windows XP Home Edition
It is true that XP Home can not authenticate to a domain, but an upgrade to XP Pro will not automatically solve the disconnected drive problem. My main work station is XP Pro and authenticates to a Win2K AD PDC, and I will still loose touch with the my mapped drive (which is mapped to the shared AD resource). Clicking on the share will re-connect it again, but that doesn't fix your problem Our company has looked for a fix for this for a while, and have yet to find anything that works. Jonathan Bernard Network Administrator Electro Enterprises -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] Windows XP Home Edition
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, Eric Treu wrote: > I am using Samba 2.2.3a-12.3 on a Debian server. > > All the clients but one are XP home edition. XP Home is not able to partake in Domain security. It can function only as a Workgroup member. > > I have a share on the server which all workstations are able to see, > view, write, edit, etc. > > After 15 minutes of inactivity the share obtains a red X over the share > icon. I am able to reactivate the share by clicking on the red x with > no problems. This happens with workgroup clients but not with XP Professional that is a Domain security context member. > > I understand that Microsoft, in their wisdom, has a share timeout after > 15 minutes of inactivity. Yes. Correct. > > This might not seem like a problem, but the mortgage software will > default to the local hard drive if it cannot find the share; therefore, > writing data to the hard drive and not to the shared data drive. MS want you to buy XP PRo to solve that problem. > > Can anybody help me. I have come to the conclusion that the one XP > Professional box that I have does not have this problem. I don't want > to upgrade, buy, or install XP Professional on all the boxes. Sorry. MS have you snookered. > HELP. You said you have XP Home, help is not sufficient for that. :))) - John T. -- John H Terpstra Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
[Samba] Windows XP Home Edition
I am using Samba 2.2.3a-12.3 on a Debian server. All the clients but one are XP home edition. I have a share on the server which all workstations are able to see, view, write, edit, etc. After 15 minutes of inactivity the share obtains a red X over the share icon. I am able to reactivate the share by clicking on the red x with no problems. I understand that Microsoft, in their wisdom, has a share timeout after 15 minutes of inactivity. This might not seem like a problem, but the mortgage software will default to the local hard drive if it cannot find the share; therefore, writing data to the hard drive and not to the shared data drive. Can anybody help me. I have come to the conclusion that the one XP Professional box that I have does not have this problem. I don't want to upgrade, buy, or install XP Professional on all the boxes. HELP. Eric -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
