Samba and NT 4.0

[Ryan Wyler]

I was afraid of that.. :(  Maybe I should just go into the samba source
code and skip any request for a file called */desktop.ini ... =)  Just a
thought.. humm.... 

Anders C. Thorsen wrote:
> 
> The infamous Microsoft Internet Exploder Active Desktop Add-on stuff
> try WITHOUT installing this when you Install IE 4.x / 5.x
> [don't believe it can be proplerly disintegrated from your computer...
> I'ts probably implemented in your kernel as the rest of IE :) ]
> 
> --Anders
> 
> --
> 
> > We are having an issue where I have a samba share pointing to an
> > Automount point.  When people go into that share, it takes FOREVER to
> > pull up the directory.  I went into the logs and I would 'tail -f' the
> > log file and see what PID was pulling the directory, then I would TRUSS
> > the PID.  It would say things like "directory_x/desktop.ini not found".
> >
> > So the NT 4.0 machine was trying to go into EVERY directory and look for
> > a file called "desktop.ini".  Some of the directories actually are on
> > servers that the user does not have permissions to and also the samba
> > server does not have access to.  It would take about 20 seconds PER
> > directory that it could not get into to timeout on the desktop.ini file.
> >
> > Anyone know a way around this?? What is NT looking for these dang
> > desktop.ini files?  Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Ryan Wyler
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Ryan Wyler                  
SC4211 at email.mot.com          Voice:  (480) 732-4318 
Motorola ITSS                 Pager:  ryan.page at monitor.sat.mot.com
   U N I X                  

[ Unix is very Friendly ...
      ... just pickier about who it makes friends with. ]