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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 7:43 AM > To: [email protected] > 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 > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
