This may or may not help, but I've installed about 25 XP machines onto a W2K network and experienced the exact same thing - slowdown and then all of the sudden it's fine. I don't believe it's a Samba thing, but an XP thing. Search google or your engine of choice for 'XP slow network' or something like that and you might get luckier.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Jeffrey Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 5:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Samba] Windows XP Machines (well mostly the XP ones) hanging Hello Folks, I will personally send $50(AU) of Pizza to anyone that solves this one :) We have a network comprising approx 30 Windows workstations all logging in to a samba machine running as a PDC. The main exported file system is an NFS mounted file system, but this was happening back when this was an xfs file system as well. ACL's are enabled. We are running Samba Version 2.2.8a. The server does not appear overloaded. Multiple users have reported that when they are trying to access files across the network their machine hangs for approx 20 secs then continues as normal. This does not happen every time, but does happen quite frequently. Our network is not displaying a significant amount of packet loss. Below is our Samba configuration. James. -- [global] netbios name = BERTHA workgroup = TECHNOPHOBIA veto oplock files = /*.doc/*.qbw/ kernel oplocks = no interfaces = eth0 os level = 64 preferred master = true domain master = yes local master = yes wins support = yes log level = 2 security = user encrypt passwords = yes domain logons = yes domain admin group = @pcadmin add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g machines -s /bin/false -M %u logon path = \\%N\profiles\%u logon drive = N: logon home = \\bertha\myhome\.profiles logon script = %u.bat printing = lprng [Mothra1] comment = Kyocera FS1000N+ Room 321 printer name = Mothra path = /var/spool/samba/mothra browseable = yes public = yes writeable = no printable = yes valid users = @smbusers @pcadmin [lj5000] comment = Main Office Laserjet printer name = lj5000 path = /var/spool/samba/lj5000 browseable = yes public = yes writeable = no printable = yes valid users = @smbusers @pcadmin @tempusers [mrt] comment = Hewlett Packard CP1700 printer name = mr_t path = /var/spool/samba/mrt browseable = yes public = yes writeable = no printable = yes valid users = @smbusers @pcadmin #[Stylus] #comment = Epson Stylus Near Saul #printer name = stylus #path = /var/spool/samba/stylus #public = yes #writeable = no #printable = yes #browseable = yes #use client driver = yes #valid users = @smbusers @pcadmin #[pdf] #comment = PDF Printer #printer name = pdf #print command = /usr/local/custom/bin/pdfprinter %s %u #path = /var/spool/samba/pdf #public = yes #writeable = no #printable = yes #browseable = yes #valid users = @pcadmin @smbusers [print$] path= /home/export/print guest ok = yes browseable = yes read only = yes write list = @pcadmin root valid users = @pcadmin @smbusers [netlogon] path = /home/export/netlogon browseable = no read only = yes write list = @pcadmin valid users = @pcadmin @smbusers @tempusers create mask = 0660 directory mask = 0770 admin users = @pcadmin [profiles] path = /home/export/profiles read only = no create mask = 0600 directory mask = 0700 browseable = no nt acl support = no valid users = @pcadmin @smbusers @tempusers [myhome] path = %H/pchome read only = no browseable = yes valid users = @pcadmin @smbusers inherit acls = yes [AllHomes] path=/home read only = yes valid users = @pcadmin write list = @pcadmin browseable = yes admin users = @pcadmin inherit acls = yes [Projects] path=/home/export/projects read only = no browseable = no valid users = @pcadmin @smbusers admin users = @pcadmin inherit acls = yes [Client_Work] path=/home/export/projects read only = no browseable = yes valid users = @pcadmin @smbusers admin users = @pcadmin inherit acls = yes [Sites] path=/home/export/sites read only = no browseable = yes valid users = @pcadmin @smbusers admin users = @pcadmin inherit acls = yes create mask = 0660 directory mask = 0770 [Departments] path=/home/export/departments read only = no browseable = yes valid users = @pcadmin @smbusers accountant admin users = @pcadmin inherit acls = yes create mask = 0660 directory mask = 0770 [Software] path=/home/export/software read only = yes write list = @it valid users = @pcadmin @smbusers browseable = yes admin users = @pcadmin inherit acls = yes create mask = 0660 directory mask = 0770 [Temporary] path=/home/export/temporary read only = no valid users = @pcadmin @smbusers @tempusers browseable = yes admin users = @pcadmin inherit acls = yes create mask = 0777 directory mask = 0777 [Shared] path=/home/export/shareddocs read only = yes write list = @filing @pcadmin valid users = @pcadmin @smbusers browseable = yes admin users = @pcadmin inherit acls = yes create mask = 0660 directory mask = 0770 [CVS] path=/home/cvs read only = no write list = @developers browseable = no admin users = @pcadmin valid users = @pcadmin @smbusers inherit acls = yes [for_upload] path = /home/export/for_upload read only = no valid users = @pcadmin @smbusers browseable = yes admin users = @pcadmin inherit acls = yes create mask = 0660 directory mask = 0770 force group = uploads [archive] path = /home/export/archive read only = no valid users = @pcadmin @smbusers browseable = yes admin users = @pcadmin inherit acls = yes [crypto] path=/crypt read only = no valid users = @crypto browseable = no inherit acls = yes -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
