[Samba] Update: Slow browsing/reading from WinXP SP2

Thomas M. Skeren III
Tue, 28 Dec 2004 17:45:06 -0000

Jim Hood wrote:
Two things.

1.  No wins--may be a netbios issue.  Try mapping to share by
\\ip-addy\share.

2.  Security = share is not recommended.  Try user instead.

>I stumbled onto another tidbit that may shed some more light.  From the
>new laptop, I tried to create a new folder on the 'samba' share.  It
>fails with the following error message:
>
>"Unable to create the folder 'New Folder'.  Access is
denied"
>
>It obviously looks like a permissions issue, but what?  I did not have
>to make any changes to my other laptop (upgraded from XP standard to
>SP2), and it can create directories on the 'samba' share just fine.
>
>Thanks,
>Jim
>
>--- Jim Hood <jimdhood@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 14:46:17 -0800 (PST)
>>From: Jim Hood <jimdhood@yahoo.com>
>>Subject: Slow browsing/reading from WinXP SP2
>>To: samba@lists.samba.org
>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I have a Samba 3.0.9 server on Linux 2.6.9 (Fedora Core 3) that serves
WinMe
>>and WinXP SP2 clients wonderfully.  I have recently bought a new laptop
>>however
>>that is not playing nicely.  Samba for this laptop is responding *very*
>>slowly
>>when browsing or reading files on either the 'samba' or
'jimhome' shares.
>>The
>>new laptop has Win XP SP2 pre-installed.  I have its Windows firewall
>>completely turned off and for the moment, the virus scanner too.
>>
>>The funny thing is that my other laptop is also WinXP SP2 (upgraded from
>>stock
>>XP via Windows Update) and doesn't have any performance issues with
it.  I'm
>>stumped.  Any tips greatly appreciated!
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Jim
>>
>>Here is my smb.conf:
>>
>>[global]
>>
>>   workgroup = Hoodwg
>>   netbios name = dev
>>   server string = Dev Samba Server
>>   log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
>>
>>   encrypt passwords = yes
>>   smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
>>
>>   security = share
>>   hosts deny = 192.168.1.1
>>
>>   strict sync = yes
>>   sync always = yes
>>
>>   oplocks = no
>>
>>[samba]
>>
>>   guest ok = yes
>>   guest account = samba
>>   path = /home/samba
>>   writeable = yes
>>   comment = Samba share on dev
>>   browseable = yes
>>   directory mask = 755
>>   create mask = 744
>>   hide dot files = yes
>>   veto files = /.*/
>>
>>[jimhome]
>>
>>   guest ok = yes
>>   guest account = jimdhood
>>   path = /home/jimdhood
>>   writeable = yes
>>   comment = Jim home on dev
>>   browseable = yes
>>   directory mask = 755
>>   create mask = 744
>>   hide dot files = yes
>>   veto files = /.*/
>>
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