On dom, 2005-12-04 at 08:28 +1100, Andrew Bartlett wrote: > On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 20:17 +0000, Bryan K. Wright wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > I'm running several samba servers that use "security= > > server" and "password server" to point authentications to a > > WinNT pdc. Snooping at the network traffic, I find that > > the samba server initially tries to connect to the WinNT > > server through port 445 (which fails), then reverts to 139 > > (which succeeds). I know it's possible to use the > > "samba ports" parameter to control which ports the samba > > server listens on, but this seems to have no effect on which > > ports are used to talk to the password server. > > > > I'd like to tell the samba server not to try port > > 445, since the failover seems to add a few seconds to the > > time necessary for clients to establish a connection to the > > samba server. > > > > Any ideas? BTW, the samba version is 3.0.20. > > I see two hack ideas: Hack the source to force the port parameter, or > setup an firewall rule denying outbound connections to port 445 on the > DC (therefore causing the fallback faster).
REJECTing is better, the DENY would make it wait a long timeout. Simo. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
