windows nt -> samba server on unix: slow login
Florian G. Pflug
fgp at fgp.priv.at
Wed Feb 24 02:12:02 GMT 1999
On Wed, Feb 24, 1999 at 09:26:39AM +1100, ravi narayan wrote:
> Paul Sherwin wrote:
> >
> > >Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 17:47:38 -0500
> > >From: ravi narayan <ravi at streamcenter.com>
> > [snip]
> > >i have two other systems: a windows nt 4.0 workstation PC, and a
> > >windows 98 PC. i have no NT domain. i modified the registry, as suggested
> > >in the docs, on both systems, to permit plaintext passwords.
> > >
> > >from both systems, i can now access the samba server. however, on the
> > >NT workstation system, the login process takes forever. when i map the
> > >network drive, it takes about 2-3 minutes after which i am prompted for
> > >a password. once i enter the password it takes another 2-3 minutes for
> > >the drive to be mounted. once it is mounted, it works well and there are
> > >no further problems. on the windows 98 system, there is no such problem,
> > >and the login process is blazingly fast!
> > [snip]
> >
Hi
I had problems where opening a folder took 2-3 Minutes. I looked one week
for the problem - it was that my server and the workgroup had both the same
name... ;-)
Greetings, Florian Pflug
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