[Samba] Samba shares not refreshing in Windows after upgrade (list: mmuehlfeld at samba.org exclusive)
happy.inthehop at spamgourmet.com
happy.inthehop at spamgourmet.com
Thu Sep 4 10:24:17 MDT 2014
On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 11:09 AM, Marc Muehlfeld - mmuehlfeld at samba.org
wrote:
> I can just guess, because you didn't provide much information, like your
> smb.conf, etc.
>
> Sorry I didn't include much. I was focused on the upgrade. Nothing
changed in the smb.conf and nothing changed on the Windows side. Figured
it was some change in a default value or a package that was now necessary.
>
> My guess is the following:
> Default in Samba 3 was 'max protocol = NT1'. In Samba 4.1 it is 'max
> protocol = SMB3'. Maybe you have an SMB caching issue:
>
I tried NT1 and the share was no longer visible from Windows. Seems to be
working with SMB3.
> http://technet.microsoft.com/de-de/library/ff686200%28v=ws.10%29.aspx
>
> This fixed it. The DirectoryCacheLifetime registry key did not exist on
any of the Windows machines on our network. Once I added it and restarted
the view refreshed every time the share was accessed. We've been using
these same machines for years and never had an issue until the upgrade.
>
> Regards,
> Marc
>
> Thank you so much!
Pat
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