Hi all, Just a couple of suggestions for documentation updates. First of all, perhaps you should include the following about Windows XP and slow logons/long delays in opening files: Windows XP and slow network logons/long delays in opening files ==============================================================Windows XP includes a WebDav client that attempts to open shares via HTTP. The long wait time appears to be a symptom of this client waiting for a response to open requests. The delay can be eliminated by disabling this service. The service name is "WebClient", and can be disabled through the Services management console (accessible from Control Panel -> Administrative Tools by default). This problem is also supposedley fixed in XP Service Pack 1, but this has not been confirmed. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - Q312181 (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q312181&). (Acknowledgement: I first found mention of how to fix this problem in a message to the samba mailing list from Patrick Gunerud <slu@firerun.net>). Also, the information in the howto about profiles is a little out of date. It appears that the general consensus for NT based clients (eg. 2k and XP) is that the profile share should be seperate from the home share. For the profile share, client side caching should be disabled by setting the following option: csc policy = disable Glen Gibb
Glen,> The delay can be eliminated by disabling this service. The service name is > "WebClient", and can be disabled through the Services management console > (accessible from Control Panel -> Administrative Tools by default)....> For the profile share, client side caching should be disabled by setting > the following option: > > csc policy = disableExcellent! This gets around two problems I've been having, I think. What version of Samba has the 'csc policy' option? It doesn't appear in the docs for 2.2.3a (Mandrake 8.2)? Cheers, Ross
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 | Message: 15 | Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2002 21:31:11 -0700 | From: Ross Parker <parker911@shaw.ca> | Subject: Re: [Samba] Documentation updates... | To: Glen Gibb <grg@ridley.unimelb.edu.au> | Cc: Samba <samba@lists.samba.org> | | This gets around two problems I've been having, I think. What version of | Samba has the 'csc policy' option? It doesn't appear in the docs for | 2.2.3a (Mandrake 8.2)? | I don't know when it was added, but it is in 2.2.5, for which you will find Mandrake RPMs on ftp.samba.org. Buchan - -- |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE9fdyPrJK6UGDSBKcRAnauAJoCEDpVX9IGcw/rullUrHMfWNaNDwCdE+ff KsriT/4Cb4QtnlRIkQBhXUI=i7qi -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----