[Samba] access times samba server via UNC access from XP
Lennart Sorensen
lsorense at csclub.uwaterloo.ca
Wed Feb 24 13:07:41 MST 2010
On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 08:59:07PM +0100, Arthur Odekerken wrote:
> I am experiencing performance issues when using samba as an application
> server for starting exe files from my Windows XP machine.
> I have a shortcut on my desktop that links to an executable via UNC path.
> Startin the link takes up to 15 seconds, the second time it's a lot faster.
> After starting the application and I wait for some time it seems like my
> session needs to reconnect or something, because I get very slow responses.
> Authentication is done against OpenLDAP.
> Samba version is 3.0.33-3.15.el5_4.1 on CentOS 5.4 32 bit.
> Samba config looks like:
>
> [global]
> load printers = No
> netbios name = SAMBA
> server string = Samba
> ldap suffix = dc=mydomain,dc=com
> workgroup = MYDOMAIN.COM
> os level = 20
> ldap admin dn = cn=root,ou=users,dc=mydomain,dc=com
> printcap name = /etc/printcap
> passdb backend = ldapsam:ldap://10.10.0.4
> veto oplock files = /*.mdb/*.pst/*.dbf/*.MDB/*.DBF/*.PST/
>
> [APPS]
> comment = Applications
> path = /shares/APPS
> valid users = @apps, @Admins
> read only = No
>
> Can anyone help me?
Could reverse dns lookups on the server be taking a while to timeout?
If you have a misconfigured DNS server setting on the samba server that
can certainly happen.
Just my first guess.
--
Len Sorensen
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