[Samba] Problem with performance since replacing mainserver

[Richmond Dyes]

Richmond Dyes wrote:
I think I may have figured out the problem. I found the name of the 
backupserver in the host file pointing to  127.0.0.1.  I changed the 
field to "mainserver" and it seems to have fixed the problem. 

> Last week I lost my main samba server on my network. It was a domain 
> server with 20 users on it and it was working like a champ till it 
> lost its main drive.  I was backing up the data and pertinent config 
> files on a "backup server". This server was not a backup domain 
> server. I was just storing data and these files on it. The files 
> consisted of passwd, group, shadow, smb.conf, secrets.tdb smbusers and 
> smbpasswd. I copied all these files in the right places in /etc and 
> /etc/samba and then had to rebuild my windows groups using net 
> groupmap modify. I used rsync to mirror the servers so the permissions 
> and file locations were the same as the original server.  When I 
> brought the "backupserver" up as the mainserver, I had to have each 
> user rejoin the domain.  But since I have done this, the performance 
> has be horrible.  I know I have probably messed up some important tdb 
> files.  here is my smb.conf below. Any help would be appreciated.
>
>
> # Global parameters
> [global]
>    log level = 3
>    log file = /var/log/smb.log
>    workgroup = Keysystems
>    netbios name = mainserver
>    encrypt passwords = Yes
>    username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
>    passdb backend = tdbsam, smbpasswd
>    server string = ""
>    Domain master = Yes
>    local master = Yes
>    preferred master = Yes
>    os level = 65
>    time server = Yes
>    domain logons = Yes
>    logon path = \\%L\profiles\%U
>    logon script = logon.bat
>    logon drive = H:
>    add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /data/home/%u %u
>    delete user script = /usr/sbin/userdel -r %u
>    add group script = /usr/sbin/groupadd %g
>    delete group script = /usr/sbin/groupdel %g      add user to group 
> script = /usr/sbin/usermod -G %g %u
>    add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g 529 -s 
> /bin/false -M %u
>    browsable = Yes
>    oplocks = No
>    level2 oplocks = No
>    security = user
>    lock spin count = 30
>    socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>    passwd chat = *New*Password* %n\n *Re-enter*new*password* %n\n 
> *Password*changed*
>    unix password sync = yes
>    passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
>    wins support = yes
>    name resolve order = wins lmhosts hosts bcast
>
> [netlogon]
>    path = /data/netlogon
>    guest ok = Yes
>    browseable = Yes
>
> [profiles]
>    path = /data/profiles
>    browseable = Yes
>    read only = no
>    create mask = 600
>    directory mask = 700
>    profile acls = yes
>
> [home]      browsable = yes
>    read only = No
>    writable = Yes
>    path = /data2/home/%u
>    create mask = 0664
>    directory mode = 0774
>    force group = everyuser
>
> [sbt]
>    read only = No
>    writable = Yes
>    valid users = @sbt
>    path = /data/sbt
>    browsable = yes
>    force group = sbt
>    force user = geckerdt
>    create mask = 664
>    force directory mode = 774
>
> [act]
>    read only = No
>    writable = Yes
>    valid users = @act
>    path = /data/act
>    browsable = yes
>    force group = act
>    force user = geckerdt
>    create mask = 664
>    force directory mode = 774
>
> [sharedir]
>    read only = No
>    writable = Yes
>    valid users = @shared
>    path = /data/shareddir
>    browsable = yes
>    force group = shared
>    create mask = 0664
>    directory mode = 0774
>
> [testdir]
>      read only = No
>    writable = Yes
>    valid users = @shared
>    path = /data/test
>    browsable = yes
>    force group = shared
>    create mask = 0664
>    directory mode = 0774
>
> [everyuser]
>    read only = No
>    writable = Yes
>    valid users = @everyuser
>    path = /data2/home
>    force group = everyuser
>    browsable = yes
>    create mask = 0664
>    directory mode = 0774
>
> [webpages]
>    readonly = No
>    writable = Yes
>    valid users = @keysys
>    path = /www
>    force group = keysys
>    force user = keysys
>    create mask = 0664
>    directory mode = 0775