SAMBA is slow.

[Joel Hammer]

To find where any binary program looks for a file, this sort of trick often
works:
strings `which smbclient` grep smb.conf 
returns:

-s smb.conf           pathname to smb.conf file
/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf

So, it looks like my smbclient looks at /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf

Another trick is to start smbclient with an obviously bad option, like so:

smbclient -XXXXX
returns:

snipped lines
Version 2.2.2
	-s smb.conf           pathname to smb.conf file
	-O socket_options     socket options to use
	-R name resolve order use these name resolution services only
	-M host               send a winpopup message to the host
Numerous lines snipped here
	-b xmit/send buffer   changes the transmit/send buffer (default: 65520)
XXXX: Not enough '\' characters in service

It seesms that the -s option allows to to specify your smb.conf location.
And, you can change the buffer size from the comamnd line with smbclient
with -b.

Joel


> not have any impact on the SAMBA services (in fact, removing the smb.conf 
> file did not cause as much as a warning message). So, how do I find out where 
> SAMBA expects its configuration file to be? I checked the man pages, and the 
> file is where it is supposed to be according to the manual... Alternatively, 
> can I force SAMBA to look for the smb.conf file at a different location? I 
> know the -l option for the SAMBA daemon, but my machine is supposed to be a 
> client, not a server. How do I tell programs like smbclient where to look for 
> the configuration file? 
>