[Samba] NT_Create_AndX

[david rankin]

> From: "Jeremy Allison" <jra at samba.org>
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 03:47:59PM -0500, david rankin wrote:
>> >From: "Gerald (Jerry) Carter" <jerry at samba.org>
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>> >Zach Seils wrote:
>> >| Hi -
>> >|
>> >| Is there a way to tell Samba to use the NT_Create_AndX
>> >| style of commands (vs SMB_COM_OPEN)?
>> >
>> >In smbclient ?  Not currently.  The last time I looked
>> >A month or so ago, the SMBOpen was still hard coded.
>> >There was an NTcreate&X test in there somewhere but
>> >it is not used for actually reading/writing files.
>> >
>>
>>    Jerry, is there any chance that this is related to the MS Office 2003
>> "file->open" or "file->save" dialog NT_Create_AndX errors I'm getting 
>> that
>> is causing 30 sec delays in changing directories? I still haven't gotten 
>> to
>> the bottom of this, but it is definately Office 2003 related. The users
>> running Office 2000 do not see any of the delays that the 2003 users do.
>
> No, this is a client library issue, not a server one. I thought someone
> had posted info on Microsoft information on this problem ?
>
> Jeremy.
>

Darn! The MS writeup only addresses level II oplock problems and not the 
delay issue. Any other ideas? Has anybody else posted regarding Office 2003 
slowness problems? Were the ethereal dumps I sent of any help?


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