after upgrade from 3.0.7 -> 3.0.14 extrem slow access from window s 2000 clients

[Torsten Kalix]

Hmmm,,, freezing -- did you try to dis-able op-locks on the samba 
server?  We have got a similar problem once and again deleting files.

-- Torsten.

Stefanos Karasavvidis wrote:

>Hello list,
>
>sorry for crossposting but there was no feedback from the samba list and
>tomorrow (Monday) everything has to work...
> 
>A samba server serves the home directories for about 100 Windows 2000
>clients.
> 
>We had samba 3.0.7 (on debian woody, kernel 2.6.7) installed, and upgraded
>to 3.0.14a (we
>used the sernet packages on debian sarge, kernel 2.6.8).
> 
>Now access to files from windows 2000 clients is extremely slow, especially
>on .exe files. Simply selecting a exe file from windows explorer may freeze
>it for 2-10 seconds. Other file types are not affected that much, although
>their access is slow, too.
> 
>We have also some XP workstations, and they work just fine!
> 
>I have disabled antivirus on the clients with no change, although this
>seemed for me to be the root cause. 
> 
>As a side note, roaming profiles do not work either on windows 2000, whereas
>on winXP there is no problem! I saw a description of this problem but this
>affected SP2 on windows 2000, and it did require to disable acl support for
>the profile share (no go for this)..
>Our windows clients have all service packs and hotfixes installed.
> 
>Help?!
> 
>Stefanos Karasavvidis
>  
>