[Samba] Roaming Profiles & oplocks problems

[Ilia Chipitsine]

installing UPHClean (user profile hive cleanup) also helps.
uphclean can be downloaded from  Microsoft site (link is provided in 
Official Samba3 Howto).

Cheers,
Ilia Chipitsine

> I'm running FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE with Samba 3.0.20 configured as a PDC
> serving a small-ish network (10 XP hosts).  My problem concerns roaming
> profiles - some XP clients take ages to logon and logoff.  On doing some
> Googling I identified the 'profile acls' parameter as being a likely
> fix.  However, I seem to have got myself into one of two scenarios:
>
> a) With 'profile acls' switched on my XP clients logon more-or-less
> immediately, but fail to save their roaming profile when logging off.
> The samba logs show "request_oplock_break: no response received..."
>
> or
>
> b) With 'profile acls' switched off my XP clients take an age to logon
> and logoff, but the profiles are saved OK.
>
> I've spent days trying various permitations, but to no avail.  Can
> anyone shed any light or ideas for trouble shooting this problem????
>
>
> My smb.conf is:
>
> [global]
>        workgroup = BSDBOX
>        netbios name = SERVER
>        server string = BSDBox
>        interfaces = 192.168.200.254
>        socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_SNDBUF=16384
> SO_RCVBUF=16384
>        hosts allow = 192.168.200., 172.16.200., localhost
>
>        passdb backend = tdbsam
>        passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd -l %u
>        passwd chat = *Password* %n\n *Password* %n\n *Changed*\n
>        unix password sync = Yes
>        username map = /usr/local/etc/samba/smbusers
>
>        log level = 1
>        log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
>        max log size = 50
>
>        printing = cups
>        printcap name = cups
>
>        logon script = netlogon.cmd
>        logon path = \\%L\profiles\%U
>        logon drive = Z:
>        logon home = \\%L\%U
>        domain logons = Yes
>        os level = 65
>        preferred master = Yes
>        domain master = Yes
>        wins support = Yes
>        remote announce = 172.16.200.255
>
>        admin users = root
>        hide unreadable = Yes
>        create mask = 0644
>        add group script = /usr/local/etc/samba/smbgrpadd.sh "%g"
>        delete group script = /usr/local/etc/samba/smbgrpdel.sh "%g"
>
> #       veto oplock files = /*.doc/*.xls/*.mdb/
>
> [profiles]
>        path = /home/profiles
>        #valid users = %U, administrator
>        #force user = %U
>        read only = No
>        create mask = 0600
>        directory mask = 0700
>        #profile acls = yes
>
> [netlogon]
>        path = /home/netlogon
>        write list = root
>        browseable = No
>        read only = Yes
> #       locking = No
>
> [homes]
>        comment = Home Directories
>        read only = No
>        create mask = 0600
>        directory mask = 0700
>        browseable = No
>
> [tmp]
>        comment = Temporary file space
>        path = /tmp
>        read only = No
>        directory mask = 0775
>        guest ok = Yes
>        browseable = No
>
> [www]
>        comment = Web Site
>        path = /usr/local/www
>        valid users = masonr
>        write list = masonr
>
> [ftp]
>        comment = FTP Site
>        path = /home/ftp/pub
>        valid users = masonr
>        write list = masonr
>
> [backup]
>        comment = BSDBox backup
>        path = /usr/local/backup
>        valid users = masonr
>        write list = masonr
>
> [albums]
>        comment = Photography and artwork
>        path = /usr/local/albums
>        write list = masonr
>        guest ok = Yes
>
> [printers]
>        comment = All Printers
>        path = /var/spool/samba
>        #printer admin = root, masonr
>        guest ok = yes
>        printable = Yes
>        browseable = No
>
> [print$]
>        comment = Printer Drivers
>        path = /usr/local/share/cups/drivers
>        write list = root, masonr
>        guest ok = no
>
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