2010/2/24 Lennart Sorensen <[email protected]> > On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 08:59:07PM +0100, Arthur Odekerken wrote: > > I am experiencing performance issues when using samba as an application > > server for starting exe files from my Windows XP machine. > > I have a shortcut on my desktop that links to an executable via UNC path. > > Startin the link takes up to 15 seconds, the second time it's a lot > faster. > > After starting the application and I wait for some time it seems like my > > session needs to reconnect or something, because I get very slow > responses. > > Authentication is done against OpenLDAP. > > Samba version is 3.0.33-3.15.el5_4.1 on CentOS 5.4 32 bit. > > Samba config looks like: > > > > [global] > > load printers = No > > netbios name = SAMBA > > server string = Samba > > ldap suffix = dc=mydomain,dc=com > > workgroup = MYDOMAIN.COM > > os level = 20 > > ldap admin dn = cn=root,ou=users,dc=mydomain,dc=com > > printcap name = /etc/printcap > > passdb backend = ldapsam:ldap://10.10.0.4 > > veto oplock files = /*.mdb/*.pst/*.dbf/*.MDB/*.DBF/*.PST/ > > > > [APPS] > > comment = Applications > > path = /shares/APPS > > valid users = @apps, @Admins > > read only = No > > > > Can anyone help me? > > Could reverse dns lookups on the server be taking a while to timeout? > If you have a misconfigured DNS server setting on the samba server that > can certainly happen. > > Just my first guess. > > -- > Len Sorensen >
Len, I seems to be the Novell Client that gets in my way. It interferes with the UNC path access. I unset the option "UNC Path Filter" in the Novell client advanced settings and now access is much much faster than before. Thanks for your help. Best regards, Arthur -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
