Hi everyone, we are using Samba V2.2.3a on a Debian Linux "woody" system. The samba server is configured to be a PDC for our domain, which has mainly Windows 2000 clients. When the clients are idle in the network and don't use the server for a while, the shares connected on the client get inactive (marked with a cute little red cross in windows ;)) ), and sometimes it takes Windows up to 30 seconds to reconnect to the shares. That's kinda nasty if eg. Word tries to save a file while Windows tries to reconnect to the server, we have ended up with screwed up files more than once. We have tried most of the options regarding TCP and and timeouts, but we have found no solution to it yet. If somebody has some useful hints for us, we would be very glad. I'm not sure what to include further, if the Samba version is enough. If something is missing, don't hesitate to contact me.... CU all, Jens Hoffrichter -- StarMobility GmbH Gutenbergstrasse 19 - D 70771 Leinfelden-Echterdingen Phone +49 (711) 34181-206 Fax +49 (711) 34181-181 eMail jens.hoffrichter@starmobility.net
On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Jens Hoffrichter wrote:> Hi everyone, > > we are using Samba V2.2.3a on a Debian Linux "woody" system. The samba > server is configured to be a PDC for our domain, which has mainly > Windows 2000 clients. > > When the clients are idle in the network and don't use the server for > a while, the shares connected on the client get inactive (marked with a cute little > red cross in windows ;)) ), and sometimes it takes Windows up to 30 seconds > to reconnect to the shares. That's kinda nasty if eg. Word tries to save > a file while Windows tries to reconnect to the server, we have ended up with > screwed up files more than once. > > We have tried most of the options regarding TCP and and timeouts, but we > have found no solution to it yet. > > If somebody has some useful hints for us, we would be very glad.This is a Win2k client setting IIRC. Search support.microsoft.com for "2000 disconntect network share" to locate the registry key (i'm guessing that will work). cheers, jerry --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hewlett-Packard http://www.hp.com SAMBA Team http://www.samba.org -- http://www.plainjoe.org "Sam's Teach Yourself Samba in 24 Hours" 2ed. ISBN 0-672-32269-2 --"I never saved anything for the swim back." Ethan Hawk in Gattaca--