RE: [Samba] Help with settings for Internet usage.
Thanks. For anyone finding this thread, WebDAV (mod_dav in apache) Worked out as a better solution. -Original Message- From: rruegner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 5:38 PM To: James Lewis; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Samba] Help with settings for Internet usage. hi, sorry smb over internet is a big security bug you will an would have tons of hackers if you would use an open setup, youre right encryption slows down the connect. try to use freeswan cipe vtun contact your isp for open needed ports. or use simply winscp ( ssh ) sftp, ftp, http with webdav etc if samba is installed on the server there are many smbbrowsers over http php / perl that will do the job browsing the samba stored files on the server. ( but normally if you wanna secure use https ) another solution is rsync ( via ssh ) the files from an internal samba to the internet Best Regards - Original Message - From: James Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 10:36 PM Subject: [Samba] Help with settings for Internet usage. I'd like to use Samba to access files on an Internet based server (which is primarily a web server), from Windows XP clients, over the Internet. The server is in a data center, the XP machines are on a cable connection with 1.5Mbps down and 256kbps up. Port 139 is blocked by the ISP. I'm looking for help with settings that will optimise Samba for this application. I have a basic configuration, and it is only just usable. The transfer speed once a file is open is acceptable, but the time it takes for files to be open for reading and writing is just a little too long (in the order of a few seconds). This makes a multiple file save that would be instant to a local HD or local file server take a long time (about 40 seconds for example for 20 files). I am using stunnel at both ends to get around the port 139 restriction. Might this be contributing to the slow file open speed? Are there any better ways to make this connection? I have disabled the webclient service in XP. Thanks for any help. J L -- 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
[Samba] Help with settings for Internet usage.
I'd like to use Samba to access files on an Internet based server (which is primarily a web server), from Windows XP clients, over the Internet. The server is in a data center, the XP machines are on a cable connection with 1.5Mbps down and 256kbps up. Port 139 is blocked by the ISP. I'm looking for help with settings that will optimise Samba for this application. I have a basic configuration, and it is only just usable. The transfer speed once a file is open is acceptable, but the time it takes for files to be open for reading and writing is just a little too long (in the order of a few seconds). This makes a multiple file save that would be instant to a local HD or local file server take a long time (about 40 seconds for example for 20 files). I am using stunnel at both ends to get around the port 139 restriction. Might this be contributing to the slow file open speed? Are there any better ways to make this connection? I have disabled the webclient service in XP. Thanks for any help. J L -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
[Samba] Speed problem connecting to samba over Internet
I have a samba file share configured on RH7.3. smb.conf is below. I have a stunnel running with: stunnel -d -r localhost:139 I'm connecting to this from Windows using instructions as per here: http://www.cheswick.com/ches/cheap/tunnelsolution.html , which is basically stunnel running in Windows stunnelling port 139 on a local IP to on my remote server, so that I can access the share via (in windows speak) \\localIP\test It all works fine, but it takes a lng time to make connections. Once a connection is established, the speed is fine - a single 12Mb file takes about 90 seconds to transfer from the server. Through windows explorer, ten 1k files take about 15 seconds to transfer (pretty slow). Through a Windows text editor though, a single 1k text file takes about 8 seconds to open, and about 10 seconds to save - operations that would both be instantaneous on the local disk. TIA for any tips/advice. (I can't connect directly to the server because my ISP has port 139 blocked) James smb.conf: [global] workgroup = S1 encrypt passwords = yes [test] comment = test path = /some/path/to/some/webspace read only = no guest ok = no -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
