Re: [Samba] Abnormal Windows behaviour with Samba

2007-05-31 Thread Chris Smith
On Thursday 31 May 2007, Erebus wrote: > I really agree about the WINS part - that's why I prefer enabling this > functionality in Samba. It seems that it resolves a lot of issues in > general. However what do you mean by DNS? Do you believe that I have to > install Bind on my server and create zon

Re: [Samba] Abnormal Windows behaviour with Samba

2007-05-31 Thread Erebus
Chris Smith-16 wrote: > > I believe modern Windows versions use DNS first, then WINS. IMO, a modern > Samba network should have both WINS and DNS resolution for all systems. > I really agree about the WINS part - that's why I prefer enabling this functionality in Samba. It seems that it resol

Re: [Samba] Abnormal Windows behaviour with Samba

2007-05-30 Thread Chris Smith
On Wednesday 30 May 2007, Erebus wrote: > Correct me if I am wrong, but Windows use by default the NetBIOS over > TCP/IP (that is the default setting in TCP/IP properties I suppose). When > using WINS, shouldn't they know each computer's name for good at the boot > time? I believe modern Windows v

Re: [Samba] Abnormal Windows behaviour with Samba

2007-05-30 Thread Erebus
James Lockie wrote: > > The solution to a critical situation is to pay someone for support. > Don't be ironic please. Nobody of my colleagues know how to find a workaround on this. So I am pretty sure that even if I paid them, the result would be the same. If you can help me, I am grateful.

Re: [Samba] Abnormal Windows behaviour with Samba

2007-05-30 Thread Erebus
Gary Dale wrote: > > A question I would have is can you track down exactly when the problem > occurs? You said it doesn't happen all of the time. Are there certain > conditions that you can identify about when the problem occurs? Does it > happen only on certain account, machines, when the s

Re: [Samba] Abnormal Windows behaviour with Samba

2007-05-30 Thread Erebus
James Lockie wrote: > > Do they both allow system folders to be on the network though? > Yes, I can confirm that I have accomplish doing so on both XP Home and XP Pro (SP1 and above). There is no difference between the two on this issue, they both allow that change either by registry setting

Re: [Samba] Abnormal Windows behaviour with Samba

2007-05-28 Thread James Lockie
Mike Rushton wrote: Redirecting a folder is a matter of changing a registry setting - this is what I am aiming to do. I think both XPP and XPH would let you do this ... I may be wrong. Do they both allow system folders to be on the network though? -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the f

Re: [Samba] Abnormal Windows behaviour with Samba

2007-05-28 Thread Mike Rushton
Redirecting a folder is a matter of changing a registry setting - this is what I am aiming to do. I think both XPP and XPH would let you do this ... I may be wrong. James Lockie wrote: Erebus wrote: Hello all, I am using Samba v3.0.24 on an Ubuntu Server system as a fileserver for 30 pc

Re: [Samba] Abnormal Windows behaviour with Samba

2007-05-28 Thread Gary Dale
Erebus wrote: tanstaafl_bh wrote: Whether it is the cause of this problem or not, these are no longer necessary - and indeed, it is recommended to NOT use them, in modern l=kernels (2.6+)... So the correct would be only "TCP_NODELAY" which is the default, right? Apart from that (wh

Re: [Samba] Abnormal Windows behaviour with Samba

2007-05-28 Thread James Lockie
Erebus wrote: I don't know what to do and the situation is critical... The solution to a critical situation is to pay someone for support. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba

Re: [Samba] Abnormal Windows behaviour with Samba

2007-05-28 Thread James Lockie
Erebus wrote: Hello all, I am using Samba v3.0.24 on an Ubuntu Server system as a fileserver for 30 pcs. Samba is working nice but I face a problem that I can't tell if it is because of Samba or Windows. Let me explain: On the Windows terminals (XP SP2) I have changed the special folders settin

Re: [Samba] Abnormal Windows behaviour with Samba

2007-05-27 Thread Erebus
tanstaafl_bh wrote: > > Whether it is the cause of this problem or not, these are no longer > necessary - and indeed, it is recommended to NOT use them, in modern > l=kernels (2.6+)... > So the correct would be only "TCP_NODELAY" which is the default, right? Apart from that (which was alrea

Re: [Samba] Abnormal Windows behaviour with Samba

2007-05-27 Thread Charles Marcus
On 5/26/2007 Erebus wrote: socket options = IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=4096 SO_SNDBUF=4096 Whether it is the cause of this problem or not, these are no longer necessary - and indeed, it is recommended to NOT use them, in modern l=kernels (2.6+)... -- To unsubscribe from this list g

[Samba] Abnormal Windows behaviour with Samba

2007-05-26 Thread Erebus
Hello all, I am using Samba v3.0.24 on an Ubuntu Server system as a fileserver for 30 pcs. Samba is working nice but I face a problem that I can't tell if it is because of Samba or Windows. Let me explain: On the Windows terminals (XP SP2) I have changed the special folders settings in registry,