[Samba] Update: Slow browsing/reading from WinXP SP2
Thomas M. Skeren III
tms3 at fskklaw.com
Tue Dec 28 17:44:40 GMT 2004
Jim Hood wrote:
Two things.
1. No wins--may be a netbios issue. Try mapping to share by
\\ip-addy\share.
2. Security = share is not recommended. Try user instead.
>I stumbled onto another tidbit that may shed some more light. From the
>new laptop, I tried to create a new folder on the 'samba' share. It
>fails with the following error message:
>
>"Unable to create the folder 'New Folder'. Access is denied"
>
>It obviously looks like a permissions issue, but what? I did not have
>to make any changes to my other laptop (upgraded from XP standard to
>SP2), and it can create directories on the 'samba' share just fine.
>
>Thanks,
>Jim
>
>--- Jim Hood <jimdhood at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 14:46:17 -0800 (PST)
>>From: Jim Hood <jimdhood at yahoo.com>
>>Subject: Slow browsing/reading from WinXP SP2
>>To: samba at lists.samba.org
>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I have a Samba 3.0.9 server on Linux 2.6.9 (Fedora Core 3) that serves WinMe
>>and WinXP SP2 clients wonderfully. I have recently bought a new laptop
>>however
>>that is not playing nicely. Samba for this laptop is responding *very*
>>slowly
>>when browsing or reading files on either the 'samba' or 'jimhome' shares.
>>The
>>new laptop has Win XP SP2 pre-installed. I have its Windows firewall
>>completely turned off and for the moment, the virus scanner too.
>>
>>The funny thing is that my other laptop is also WinXP SP2 (upgraded from
>>stock
>>XP via Windows Update) and doesn't have any performance issues with it. I'm
>>stumped. Any tips greatly appreciated!
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Jim
>>
>>Here is my smb.conf:
>>
>>[global]
>>
>> workgroup = Hoodwg
>> netbios name = dev
>> server string = Dev Samba Server
>> log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
>>
>> encrypt passwords = yes
>> smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
>>
>> security = share
>> hosts deny = 192.168.1.1
>>
>> strict sync = yes
>> sync always = yes
>>
>> oplocks = no
>>
>>[samba]
>>
>> guest ok = yes
>> guest account = samba
>> path = /home/samba
>> writeable = yes
>> comment = Samba share on dev
>> browseable = yes
>> directory mask = 755
>> create mask = 744
>> hide dot files = yes
>> veto files = /.*/
>>
>>[jimhome]
>>
>> guest ok = yes
>> guest account = jimdhood
>> path = /home/jimdhood
>> writeable = yes
>> comment = Jim home on dev
>> browseable = yes
>> directory mask = 755
>> create mask = 744
>> hide dot files = yes
>> veto files = /.*/
>>
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