hi, we're using a samba-server over DSL using openVPN and the speed is very good at browsing directories and quite OK at loading/saving files except for word & excel where it takes about 20-30 seconds to save even a small file. which is no wonder because the following happens in log.smbd when i click "save" in word, it obviously checks for a bazillion tmp- and lockfiles ( e.g. ~WRL... is tmp-clipboard according to some MS-document). (it's logevel 3|grep " file "). call_trans2qfilepathinfo: SMB_VFS_STAT of httpdocs/testdir/OLE2.DLL failed (No such file or directory) call_trans2qfilepathinfo: SMB_VFS_STAT of httpdocs/testdir/Microsoft Shared failed (No such file or directory) call_trans2qfilepathinfo: SMB_VFS_STAT of httpdocs/testdir/~WRD0000.tmp failed (No such file or directory) call_trans2qfilepathinfo: SMB_VFS_STAT of httpdocs/testdir/~WRD0000.tmp failed (No such file or directory) smb_user opened file httpdocs/testdir/~WRD0000.tmp read=Yes write=Yes (numopen=3) smb_user opened file httpdocs/testdir/test4.doc read=No write=No (numopen=4) unix_user closed file httpdocs/testdir/test4.doc (numopen=3) unix_user closed file httpdocs/testdir/~WRD0000.tmp (numopen=2) smb_user opened file httpdocs/testdir/~WRD0000.tmp read=Yes write=Yes (numopen=3) call_trans2qfilepathinfo: SMB_VFS_STAT of httpdocs/testdir/Sicherungskopie von test4.wbk failed (No such file or directory) call_trans2qfilepathinfo: SMB_VFS_STAT of httpdocs/testdir/~WRL0001.tmp failed (No such file or directory) call_trans2qfilepathinfo: SMB_VFS_STAT of httpdocs/testdir/~WRL0001.tmp failed (No such file or directory) unix_user closed file httpdocs/testdir/test4.doc (numopen=2) unix_user closed file httpdocs/testdir/~WRD0000.tmp (numopen=1) smb_user opened file httpdocs/testdir/test4.doc read=No write=No (numopen=2) call_nt_transact_query_security_desc: file = httpdocs/testdir/test4.doc, info_wanted = 0x7 unix_user closed file httpdocs/testdir/test4.doc (numopen=1) smb_user opened file httpdocs/testdir/~WRD0000.tmp read=No write=No (numopen=2) call_nt_transact_set_security_desc: file = httpdocs/testdir/~WRD0000.tmp, sent 0x7 unix_user closed file httpdocs/testdir/~WRD0000.tmp (numopen=1) smb_user opened file httpdocs/testdir/test4.doc read=Yes write=No (numopen=2) smb_user opened file httpdocs/testdir/~WRD0000.tmp read=Yes write=Yes (numopen=3) smb_user opened file httpdocs/testdir/test4.doc read=No write=No (numopen=4) call_nt_transact_query_security_desc: file = httpdocs/testdir/test4.doc, info_wanted = 0xc call_nt_transact_query_security_desc: file = httpdocs/testdir/test4.doc, info_wanted = 0xc unix_user closed file httpdocs/testdir/test4.doc (numopen=3) smb_user opened file httpdocs/testdir/~WRD0000.tmp read=No write=No (numopen=4) call_nt_transact_set_security_desc: file = httpdocs/testdir/~WRD0000.tmp, sent 0x80000004 unix_user closed file httpdocs/testdir/~WRD0000.tmp (numopen=3) unix_user closed file httpdocs/testdir/test4.doc (numopen=2) unix_user closed file httpdocs/testdir/~WRD0000.tmp (numopen=1) smb_user opened file httpdocs/testdir/~WRD0000.tmp read=Yes write=Yes (numopen=2) unix_user closed file httpdocs/testdir/~WRD0000.tmp (numopen=1) smb_user opened file httpdocs/testdir/test4.doc read=No write=No (numopen=2) call_nt_transact_query_security_desc: file = httpdocs/testdir/test4.doc, info_wanted = 0x7 unix_user closed file httpdocs/testdir/test4.doc (numopen=1) smb_user opened file httpdocs/testdir/~WRD0000.tmp read=No write=No (numopen=2) call_nt_transact_set_security_desc: file = httpdocs/testdir/~WRD0000.tmp, sent 0x7 unix_user closed file httpdocs/testdir/~WRD0000.tmp (numopen=1) smb_user opened file httpdocs/testdir/~WRD0000.tmp read=No write=No (numopen=2) unix_user closed file httpdocs/testdir/~WRD0000.tmp (numopen=1) smb_user opened file httpdocs/testdir/test4.doc read=Yes write=No (numopen=2) smb_user opened file httpdocs/testdir/~WRL0001.tmp read=No write=Yes (numopen=3) unix_user closed file httpdocs/testdir/test4.doc (numopen=2) unix_user closed file httpdocs/testdir/~WRL0001.tmp (numopen=1) smb_user opened file httpdocs/testdir/~WRD0000.tmp read=No write=No (numopen=2) unix_user closed file httpdocs/testdir/~WRD0000.tmp (numopen=1) smb_user opened file httpdocs/testdir/test4.doc read=No write=No (numopen=2) unix_user closed file httpdocs/testdir/test4.doc (numopen=1) smb_user opened file httpdocs/testdir/~WRD0000.tmp read=No write=No (numopen=2) unix_user closed file httpdocs/testdir/~WRD0000.tmp (numopen=1) smb_user opened file httpdocs/testdir/~WRL0001.tmp read=Yes write=Yes (numopen=2) smb_user opened file httpdocs/testdir/test4.doc read=Yes write=Yes (numopen=3) smb_user opened file httpdocs/testdir/~WRL0001.tmp read=No write=No (numopen=4) unix_user closed file httpdocs/testdir/~WRL0001.tmp (numopen=3) call_trans2qfilepathinfo: SMB_VFS_STAT of httpdocs/testdir/~$RL0001.tmp failed (No such file or directory) unix_user closed file httpdocs/testdir/~WRL0001.tmp (numopen=2) smb_user opened file httpdocs/testdir/~WRL0001.tmp read=Yes write=Yes (numopen=3) unix_user closed file httpdocs/testdir/~WRL0001.tmp (numopen=2) smb_user opened file httpdocs/testdir/~WRL0001.tmp read=No write=No (numopen=3) unix_user closed file httpdocs/testdir/~WRL0001.tmp (numopen=2) smb_user opened file httpdocs/testdir/test4.doc read=No write=No (numopen=3) unix_user closed file httpdocs/testdir/test4.doc (numopen=2) i opened/saved the same file with openoffice: just 4 lines in the log, done after some seconds. OK, that's apparently a MS-office problem, still it would be nice to have some solution for it. my customers are of course comparing the speed to MS-sharepoint which is a lot faster on the same DSL-line. (sharepoint uses DAV if i'm not mistaken, still that's the thing samba is compared to.) ciao arnim