[Samba] SLOW connections

[Fred Kuipers]

Well, after a bit more hunting on my part (armed with the errors I noted 
in my last email), I tripped over the following article:

http://www.faqchest.com/linux/samba-l/smb-01/smb-0109/smb01090215_24396.html

(For the lazy of heart, essentially it discusses the woes of plaintext 
passwords and Windows 9x, and urges the use of "encrypt passwords = yes")

So, I switched to encrypted passwords (using the process indicated in 
the article), stripped the registry entry on the windows client (and 
rebooted) and gave it a shot.

It worked... No more slowness... :-)

I suppose I could have changed my linux password to an all upper case 
password.....

Thanks anyways... Hopefully this benefits someone else!

FjK

Collins, Kevin wrote:

>Fred:
>
>I don't know if this is it, but do you have a DNS server or a HOSTS file
>on the Windows machine(s) pointing to the IP of the Linux box?  If not,
>here is what (I think) is happening: Windows 98 will try to contact a
>DNS server to locate the network machine and fail with a time out (which
>takes several seconds).  Then it will revert to the WINS service and
>find the Linux box.  Windows cache's WINS resolutions and that's why
>subsequent connections are "peppy".
>
>My forward look-up zone was "fubar"ed on my DNS server here at work and
>my Windows machines exhibited the exact same symptoms as you describe.
>I fixed the zone file and everything began to operate properly.
>
>If this isn't it, I'm sorry for feeding you bad information.  :-)
>
>Kevin L. Collins
>
>  
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Fred Kuipers [mailto:fred at kuipers.dhs.org]
>>Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 3:12 PM
>>To: samba at lists.samba.org
>>Subject: [Samba] SLOW connections
>>
>>
>>Hi everyone,
>>
>>I have a small home network with a Samba 2.2.3 server on 
>>Linux serving 
>>up my files and printers. However, from windows machines (win 98) 
>>connecting to a share takes an annoyingly long time (in the 
>>order of 10s 
>>of seconds)  Connecting from a linux box is very quick.  I have 
>>configured Windows 98 to fully reconnect the share on logon. 
>>If I don't, 
>>Windows Explorer hangs all over the place (even when simply 
>>loading it 
>>and it hits the network).  After the initial connection, 
>>everything is 
>>pretty quick. I have run through all the diagnostics and I 
>>have no clue 
>>why Windows could be so slow connecting.
>>
>>Note on hardware: 10 Mbit network, 1.2 GHz and 350 Mhz 
>>windows machines 
>>connecting to a 500 mhz linux machine (with 2 eth 
>>interfaces)... No CPU 
>>usage issues on linux server and full network availability during 
>>connections. I have no connectivity troubles with the network.
>>
>>Any thots?? Is this a silly little configuration problem?
>>
>>Thanks in advance.
>>
>>FjK
>>
>>Please Reply All - I'm not on the list.
>>
>>
>> > grep -v "^[;#]" /etc/samba/smb.conf | grep -v "^$"
>>
>>[global]
>>    workgroup = KUIPERS_HOME
>>    server string = Samba Server %v
>>    printcap name = lpstat
>>    load printers = yes
>>    printing = cups
>>    log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
>>    max log size = 50
>>    security = share
>>    encrypt passwords = no
>>    smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
>>    socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>>    dns proxy = no
>>    unix password sync = no
>>    map to guest = never
>>    password level = 0
>>    null passwords = no
>>    allow hosts = 192.168.0.
>>    os level = 33
>>    preferred master = yes
>>    wins support = yes
>>    interfaces = eth1 lo
>>    dead time = 0
>>    debug level = 0
>>    status = yes
>>[homes]
>>    comment = Home Directories
>>    browseable = no
>>    writable = yes
>>    available = yes
>>    public = no
>>    user = fred val
>>    only user = no
>>    preexec close = no
>>    root preexec close = no
>>[printers]
>>    comment = All Printers
>>    path = /var/spool/samba
>>    browseable = yes
>>    public = yes
>>    writable = no
>>    printable = yes
>>    create mode = 0700
>>    print command = lpr-cups -P %p -o raw %s -r   # using client side 
>>printer dr
>>ivers.
>>    available = yes
>>[print$]
>>    path = /var/lib/samba/printers
>>    browseable = yes
>>    read only = yes
>>    write list = @adm root
>>[archive]
>>    available = yes
>>    browseable = yes
>>    path = /home/archive
>>    public = no
>>    guest only = no
>>    writable = yes
>>    user = fred val
>>    only user = no
>>    preexec close = no
>>    root preexec close = no
>>    valid users = fred val
>>    force group = users
>>    create mask = 775
>>[MyDocuments]
>>    available = yes
>>    browseable = yes
>>    path = /home/MyDocuments
>>    public = no
>>    guest only = no
>>    writable = yes
>>    user = fred val
>>    only user = no
>>    preexec close = no
>>    root preexec close = no
>>    valid users = fred val
>>    force group = users
>>    create mask = 775
>>[web]
>>    available = yes
>>    browseable = yes
>>    path = /home/httpd
>>    public = no
>>    guest only = no
>>    writable = no
>>    allow hosts = 192.168.0.
>>    user = fred val
>>    only user = no
>>    preexec close = no
>>    root preexec close = no
>>    force group = users
>>
>>
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