Perhaps on your Windows clients, set the Autodiscconect to -1 (never
disconnect)
At a command prompt type:
"net config server" to see the current setting.
15 minutes is the default
To set it to never disconnect:
"net config server /autodisconnect:-1"
Dennis
> -----Original Message-----
> From: samba-bounces+dmcleod=foranyauto.com@lists.samba.org
> [mailto:samba-bounces+dmcleod=foranyauto.com@lists.samba.org]
> On Behalf Of tim@ccmp.ox.ac.uk
> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 7:43 AM
> To: samba@lists.samba.org
> Subject: [Samba] Slow listing of mapped drives in Explorer
>
> We recently moved our Linux file servers from Debian Woody to
> Debian Etch (v4.0r3). We use the current stable Debian Samba
> package which is version 3.0.24.
>
> Since moving to this Samba version from 2.2.8a-0.1 we see
> that Windows clients are very slow to list the 5 network
> drives mapped by our domain login script in Explorer or "My
> Computer". It can take 10 seconds or so before the drives
> appear and Explorer starts responding again.
>
> Interestingly, if the clients already have a file or
> directory open on these mapped drives then the problem goes
> away and drive listing is instantaneous.
>
> There appears to be a change in default Samba behaviour which
> results in client connections being dropped after a few
> seconds by version 3.0.24 servers. The older Samba 2 servers
> maintained client connections indefinitley and this gave much
> better explorer response times.
>
> Can I get Samba 3.0.24 to maintain client connections ?
>
> I've tried setting:
> deadtime = 0
> in smb.conf but this makes no difference.
>
> Our smb.conf file is very simple and is included below for
> reference. I'd be VERY grateful for any suggestions as this
> explorer lag is frustrating to our users and spoils an
> otherwise flawless Samba migration.
>
> Thanks guys,
>
> Tim
>
> [global]
> workgroup = OURDOMAIN
> netbios name = FS1
> security = SERVER
> encrypt passwords = true
> password server = 129.67.44.5 129.67.44.6
> hosts allow = localhost, 129.67.44.0/255.255.252.0
> wins server = 129.67.44.5 129.67.44.6
>
> [homes]
> comment = Home Directories
> browseable = no
> writable = yes
> valid users = %S
>
> [groups]
> comment = Group Files
> path = /groups
> writable = yes
> public = no
> force create mode = 0660
> force directory mode = 0770
>
> [Distrib]
> comment = Distributed Software and Files
> path = /distrib
> writable = yes
> public = no
>
> [Temp]
> comment = Temporary Data Files
> path = /temp
> writable = yes
> public = no
> force create mode = 0666
> force directory mode = 0777
>
>
>
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