[Samba] Samba versus NFS/ftp

2002-12-16 Thread graemew
I ran some tests today, ftp'ing a 288MB file to the server was completed in 29.3 seconds, ~10 MB/sec. This is 3 times faster than Samba! which needed 82 seconds using drag/drop on W2K. NFS needed 39 seconds. I have read the 'performance tuning' documents and have done all/most of the changes

[Samba] Samba versus NFS client??

2002-12-14 Thread graemew
We have been running Samba for several years, recently V2.0.7 on Solaris 7 but just upgraded to V2.2.7 on Solaris 8. The servers are linked to Cisco switches via gigabit adapter and all UNIX and Windows clients are on 100/Full. We have a mixture of AIX, Solaris, NT and 2000 clients We deal the

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2002-12-10 Thread graemew
I have Samba v2.2.7 on Solaris 8. I have uploaded all the needed print drivers and setup several printers using administrator. I edited the 'device settings', under printer/properties, to adjust memory and paper trays etc. When I login as a regular user on W2k client, the settings are

[Samba] (no subject)

2002-11-21 Thread graemew
I am on Solaris 8 with Samba 2.2.4. When I configure a printer it sets 'oplocks = No' in the printer share. When I run testparm it then gives me an error message; Invalid combination of parameters for service insp0101. Level II oplocks can only be set if oplocks are also set. The dump shows

[Samba] Samba permissions

2002-11-12 Thread graemew
I am at Samba 2.2.4 on Solaris 8 using Win2000 clients. The system default umask is 022 in /etc/profile and I have set user umask to 002 in .profile. Does Samba read/interpret either of these? All other setting are default but I have set global permissions to; create mask = 0664 force create