[Samba] Slow browsing from Win2k and WinXP

[Chuck Theobald]

Hi,

I have Samba 3.0.14a + OpenLDAP 2.2.24 installed on Solaris 8 as a PDC for 
serving files only (no profiles, no printing).  Performance of network 
browsing is slow in Windows 2000 and XP, taking 10-15 seconds to open and 
display the contents of a folder.  The same browsing activity from a Mac 
works fine with no unacceptable delays.  I'm trying to sell Samba here, but 
these delays are not helping.  Any suggestions on diagnosing this would be 
appreciated.  smb.conf to follow.

Thanks,
Chuck


lauterbur{23}# bin/testparm
Load smb config files from /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf
Processing section "[homes]"
Processing section "[netlogon]"
Processing section "[profiles]"
Processing section "[staff]"
Processing section "[public]"
Processing section "[office-admin]"
Loaded services file OK.
Server role: ROLE_DOMAIN_PDC
Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions

# Global parameters
[global]
         workgroup = LCNI
         server string = Lauterbur Server
         passdb backend = ldapsam:ldap://lauterbur.uoregon.edu
         password level = 8
         username level = 8
         log level = 10 winbind:10
         log file = /export/samba/log/smblog.%m
         max log size = 500
         add user script = /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbldap-useradd -m "%u"
         delete user script = /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbldap-userdel "%u"
         add group script = /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbldap-groupadd -p "%g"
         delete group script = /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbldap-groupdel "%g"
         add user to group script = /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbldap-groupmod 
-m "%u" "%g"
         delete user from group script = 
/usr/local/samba/sbin/smbldap-groupmod -x "%u" "%g"
         set primary group script = /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbldap-usermod 
-g "%g" "%u"
         add machine script = /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbldap-useradd -w -i "%u"
         logon path =
         logon drive = H:
         logon home =
         domain logons = Yes
         os level = 33
         preferred master = Yes
         domain master = Yes
         dns proxy = No
         wins support = Yes
         ldap admin dn = cn=smbadmin,ou=People,dc=lcni,dc=uoregon,dc=edu
         ldap delete dn = Yes
         ldap group suffix = ou=Groups
         ldap machine suffix = ou=Computers
         ldap passwd sync = Yes
         ldap suffix = dc=lcni,dc=uoregon,dc=edu
         ldap ssl = start tls
         ldap user suffix = ou=People
         admin users = chuck
         create mask = 0660
         directory mask = 0770
         inherit acls = Yes

[homes]
         comment = Home Directories
         read only = No
         browseable = No

[netlogon]
         comment = Domain Logon
         path = /usr/local/samba/lib/netlogon
         browseable = No

[profiles]
         comment = Roaming Profiles
         path = /usr/local/samba/lib/profiles
         read only = No
         create mask = 0600
         directory mask = 0700
         browseable = No

[staff]
         comment = Lauterbur Staff Share
         path = /vxfsvol/staff
         read only = No

[public]
         comment = Lauterbur Public Share
         path = /vxfsvol/public
         read only = No

[office-admin]
         comment = Office Administrative Share
         path = /vxfsvol/home/staff/office-admin
         read only = No
lauterbur{24}#


Chuck Theobald
System Administrator
The Robert and Beverly Lewis Center for Neuroimaging
University of Oregon
P: 541-346-0343
F: 541-346-0345