[Samba] access times samba server via UNC access from XP

[Arthur Odekerken]

2010/2/24 Lennart Sorensen <lsorense at csclub.uwaterloo.ca>

> 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
>

Len,

I seems to be the Novell Client that gets in my way. It interferes with the
UNC path access.
I unset the option "UNC Path Filter" in the Novell client advanced settings
and now access is much much faster than before.
Thanks for your help.

Best regards,
Arthur