[Samba] Slow browsing from Win2k and WinXP

[Jonathan Johnson]

See David Beck's post "Samba - XP performance problem" dated 8/8 and my 
reply dated 8/9.

--Jonathan Johnson

Chuck Theobald wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have Samba 3.0.14a + OpenLDAP 2.2.24 installed on Solaris 8 as a PDC 
> for serving files only (no profiles, no printing).  Performance of 
> network browsing is slow in Windows 2000 and XP, taking 10-15 seconds 
> to open and display the contents of a folder.  The same browsing 
> activity from a Mac works fine with no unacceptable delays.  I'm 
> trying to sell Samba here, but these delays are not helping.  Any 
> suggestions on diagnosing this would be appreciated.  smb.conf to follow.
>
> Thanks,
> Chuck
>
>
> lauterbur{23}# bin/testparm
> Load smb config files from /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf
> Processing section "[homes]"
> Processing section "[netlogon]"
> Processing section "[profiles]"
> Processing section "[staff]"
> Processing section "[public]"
> Processing section "[office-admin]"
> Loaded services file OK.
> Server role: ROLE_DOMAIN_PDC
> Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions
>
> # Global parameters
> [global]
>         workgroup = LCNI
>         server string = Lauterbur Server
>         passdb backend = ldapsam:ldap://lauterbur.uoregon.edu
>         password level = 8
>         username level = 8
>         log level = 10 winbind:10
>         log file = /export/samba/log/smblog.%m
>         max log size = 500
>         add user script = /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbldap-useradd -m "%u"
>         delete user script = /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbldap-userdel "%u"
>         add group script = /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbldap-groupadd -p "%g"
>         delete group script = /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbldap-groupdel "%g"
>         add user to group script = 
> /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbldap-groupmod -m "%u" "%g"
>         delete user from group script = 
> /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbldap-groupmod -x "%u" "%g"
>         set primary group script = 
> /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbldap-usermod -g "%g" "%u"
>         add machine script = /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbldap-useradd -w 
> -i "%u"
>         logon path =
>         logon drive = H:
>         logon home =
>         domain logons = Yes
>         os level = 33
>         preferred master = Yes
>         domain master = Yes
>         dns proxy = No
>         wins support = Yes
>         ldap admin dn = cn=smbadmin,ou=People,dc=lcni,dc=uoregon,dc=edu
>         ldap delete dn = Yes
>         ldap group suffix = ou=Groups
>         ldap machine suffix = ou=Computers
>         ldap passwd sync = Yes
>         ldap suffix = dc=lcni,dc=uoregon,dc=edu
>         ldap ssl = start tls
>         ldap user suffix = ou=People
>         admin users = chuck
>         create mask = 0660
>         directory mask = 0770
>         inherit acls = Yes
>
> [homes]
>         comment = Home Directories
>         read only = No
>         browseable = No
>
> [netlogon]
>         comment = Domain Logon
>         path = /usr/local/samba/lib/netlogon
>         browseable = No
>
> [profiles]
>         comment = Roaming Profiles
>         path = /usr/local/samba/lib/profiles
>         read only = No
>         create mask = 0600
>         directory mask = 0700
>         browseable = No
>
> [staff]
>         comment = Lauterbur Staff Share
>         path = /vxfsvol/staff
>         read only = No
>
> [public]
>         comment = Lauterbur Public Share
>         path = /vxfsvol/public
>         read only = No
>
> [office-admin]
>         comment = Office Administrative Share
>         path = /vxfsvol/home/staff/office-admin
>         read only = No
> lauterbur{24}#
>
>
> Chuck Theobald
> System Administrator
> The Robert and Beverly Lewis Center for Neuroimaging
> University of Oregon
> P: 541-346-0343
> F: 541-346-0345
>