[Samba] Serious Slowness Issues with Printing
Kazsuk, Tim
Tim_Kazsuk at homedepot.com
Thu Jun 16 23:59:51 GMT 2005
Samba Guru's:
I need whatever help you all can provide. I'm at my wits end here with
this problem, I've checked forums and the Samba docs and can't find
anything. Sorry if this email is long and drawn out.
We just put in a new Solaris 9 server running Samba 3.0.11 to replace a
Solaris 8 server running Samba 2.0.7. All the client desktops are
running Windows 2000 joined to a Domain (there are a handful of XP
machines).
Within the last 6 months or so associates have been experiencing
slowness printing from Office applications like Word or Excel (it's
sporadic too). It takes an extremely long time to go into the printing
preferences or switch between printers when wanting to print to a
different printer then the default (sometimes 2 min). There have also
been SSL issues within Oracle Forms while trying to print, but that may
or may not be related. This server running Samba is and always will be
just a Print Server, nothing else.
We're running the following software on the backend for printer
management: JetDirect Printer Installer for UNIX Version E.10.34.
There are no error messages in /var/adm/messages for the server, all
signs on the server show it's just humming away.
Has anyone seen this? Am I missing something simple? Are there any
changes you would suggest making to improve printing performance and
times? Is there anything I'm leaving out that you might need to see or
know?
Full copy of current smb.conf file:
# Samba config file created using SWAT
# from 207.11.81.253 (207.11.81.253)
# Date: 2005/06/16 16:50:24
# Global parameters
[global]
dos charset = ASCII
unix charset = UTF8
display charset = LOCALE
workgroup = IS
netbios name = PRINTSERVER
netbios aliases =
netbios scope =
server string = Sparc Sun Fire V240 ((%v,%h))
interfaces =
bind interfaces only = No
security = SHARE
auth methods =
encrypt passwords = Yes
update encrypted = Yes
client schannel = Auto
server schannel = Auto
allow trusted domains = Yes
hosts equiv =
min password length = 5
map to guest = Never
null passwords = Yes
obey pam restrictions = No
password server =
smb passwd file = /opt/samba/private/smbpasswd
private dir = /opt/samba/private
passdb backend = smbpasswd
algorithmic rid base = 1000
root directory =
guest account = nobody
enable privileges = No
pam password change = No
passwd program =
passwd chat = *new*password* %n\n *new*password* %n\n *changed*
passwd chat debug = No
passwd chat timeout = 2
check password script =
username map =
password level = 0
username level = 0
unix password sync = Yes
restrict anonymous = 0
lanman auth = Yes
ntlm auth = Yes
client NTLMv2 auth = No
client lanman auth = Yes
client plaintext auth = Yes
preload modules =
use kerberos keytab = No
log level = 1
syslog = 1
syslog only = No
log file = /opt/samba/var/log.%m
max log size = 50
debug timestamp = Yes
debug hires timestamp = No
debug pid = No
debug uid = No
smb ports = 445 139
large readwrite = Yes
max protocol = NT1
min protocol = CORE
read bmpx = No
read raw = Yes
write raw = Yes
disable netbios = No
acl compatibility =
defer sharing violations = Yes
nt pipe support = Yes
nt status support = Yes
announce version = 4.9
announce as = NT
max mux = 50
max xmit = 16644
name resolve order = lmhosts wins host bcast
max ttl = 259200
max wins ttl = 518400
min wins ttl = 21600
time server = No
unix extensions = Yes
use spnego = Yes
client signing = auto
server signing = No
client use spnego = Yes
change notify timeout = 60
deadtime = 0
getwd cache = Yes
keepalive = 300
kernel change notify = Yes
lpq cache time = 30
max smbd processes = 0
paranoid server security = Yes
max disk size = 0
max open files = 10000
socket options = TCP_NODELAY
use mmap = Yes
hostname lookups = Yes
name cache timeout = 660
load printers = Yes
printcap cache time = 90
printcap name = /opt/samba/etc/printcap
cups server =
disable spoolss = Yes
enumports command =
addprinter command =
deleteprinter command =
show add printer wizard = Yes
os2 driver map =
mangling method = hash2
mangle prefix = 1
stat cache = Yes
machine password timeout = 604800
add user script =
delete user script =
add group script =
delete group script =
add user to group script =
delete user from group script =
set primary group script =
add machine script =
shutdown script =
abort shutdown script =
logon script =
logon path = \\%N\%U\profile
logon drive =
logon home = \\%N\%U
domain logons = No
os level = 20
lm announce = Auto
lm interval = 60
preferred master = No
local master = No
domain master = No
browse list = Yes
enhanced browsing = No
dns proxy = Yes
wins proxy = No
wins server = 172.25.209.216, 172.25.209.217
wins support = No
wins hook =
wins partners =
kernel oplocks = Yes
lock spin count = 3
lock spin time = 10
oplock break wait time = 0
ldap admin dn =
ldap delete dn = No
ldap filter = (uid=%u)
ldap group suffix =
ldap idmap suffix =
ldap machine suffix =
ldap passwd sync = no
ldap replication sleep = 1000
ldap suffix =
ldap ssl = no
ldap timeout = 15
ldap user suffix =
add share command =
change share command =
delete share command =
config file =
preload =
lock directory = /opt/samba/var/locks
pid directory = /opt/samba/var/locks
utmp directory =
wtmp directory =
utmp = No
default service =
message command = csh -c '/usr/openwin/bin/xedit -display :0 %s;rm %s' &
dfree command =
get quota command =
set quota command =
remote announce = 172.25.209.255
remote browse sync =
socket address = 0.0.0.0
homedir map =
afs username map =
afs token lifetime = 604800
time offset = 0
NIS homedir = No
panic action =
host msdfs = No
enable rid algorithm = Yes
idmap backend =
idmap uid =
idmap gid =
template primary group = nobody
template homedir = /home/%D/%U
template shell = /bin/false
winbind separator = \
winbind cache time = 300
winbind enable local accounts = No
winbind enum users = Yes
winbind enum groups = Yes
winbind use default domain = No
winbind trusted domains only = No
winbind nested groups = No
comment =
path =
username =
invalid users =
valid users =
admin users =
read list =
write list =
printer admin =
force user =
force group =
read only = Yes
create mask = 0744
force create mode = 00
security mask = 0777
force security mode = 00
directory mask = 0755
force directory mode = 00
directory security mask = 0777
force directory security mode = 00
force unknown acl user = No
inherit permissions = No
inherit acls = No
guest only = No
guest ok = No
only user = No
hosts allow =
hosts deny =
ea support = No
nt acl support = Yes
profile acls = No
map acl inherit = No
afs share = No
block size = 1024
max connections = 0
min print space = 0
strict allocate = No
strict sync = No
sync always = No
use sendfile = No
write cache size = 0
max reported print jobs = 0
max print jobs = 1000
printable = No
printing = sysv
cups options =
print command = lp -c -d%p %s; rm %s
lpq command = lpstat -o%p
lprm command = cancel %p-%j
lppause command = lp -i %p-%j -H hold
lpresume command = lp -i %p-%j -H resume
queuepause command = disable %p
queueresume command = enable %p
printer name =
use client driver = No
default devmode = No
force printername = No
default case = lower
case sensitive = Auto
preserve case = Yes
short preserve case = Yes
mangling char = ~
hide dot files = Yes
hide special files = No
hide unreadable = No
hide unwriteable files = No
delete veto files = No
veto files =
hide files =
veto oplock files =
map system = No
map hidden = No
map archive = Yes
mangled names = Yes
mangled map =
store dos attributes = No
browseable = Yes
blocking locks = Yes
csc policy = manual
fake oplocks = No
locking = Yes
oplocks = Yes
level2 oplocks = Yes
oplock contention limit = 2
posix locking = Yes
strict locking = No
share modes = Yes
copy =
include =
preexec =
preexec close = No
postexec =
root preexec =
root preexec close = No
root postexec =
available = Yes
volume =
fstype = NTFS
set directory = No
wide links = Yes
follow symlinks = Yes
dont descend =
magic script =
magic output =
delete readonly = No
dos filemode = No
dos filetimes = No
dos filetime resolution = No
fake directory create times = No
vfs objects =
msdfs root = No
msdfs proxy =
[printers]
comment = THDS SAMBA PRINTERS
path = /opt/samba/spool
create mask = 0644
guest ok = Yes
printable = Yes
use client driver = Yes
browseable = No
Regards,
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Tim Kazsuk
Senior Systems Engineer
The Home Depot Supply Division
B2B / MRO Distribution
Direct: 858-831-2225
Fax: 858-831-2221
NOC: 858-831-2210
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