samba - Aug 2007 - Problems with slow printing (and name resolving?)

Hallo!

I am running an centos server with samba-3.0.10-1.4E.12.2. I have
configured this to be a print server with automatic driver download.

This has been runnig well for some time, but suddenly it seems like the
name resolution is corrupted. If you click 'file -> print' or
'start ->
printers and telefaxes' everything stops for about 30 seconds before the
windows pos up. The reply from \\server\printers and telefaxes is much
slower than before.

I have tried to empty the /var/cache/samba/printing, but this does not help.

Browsing into files and folders works very good - it is only when you
start to deal with the printers things start to slow down.

Thanks for all help.

Bjorn



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> Browsing into files and folders works very good - it is only when you
> start to deal with the printers things start to slow down.
>
Have you checked the windows box during this wait for network
activity? I have seen this in the past (where windows would send out
thousands of packets during this time) and the cause was that windows
box was trying to contact a network printer that had been on the
network 5 years ago when we were with a different company. Apparently
deleting a printer from the printers list does not remove it from
windows wanting to contact it...

Check the Printers in HKEY_CURRENT_USER in the registry and remove any
entry to a non existent printer.

John