Re: [Samba] Samba 3.3.4 - Win7 Latency with MS Office files
Did you try enabling the name service caching daemon on the server? (has its pros can cons.) I would also try XP+Office 2010 and WIn 7+ Office 2007 to see if you can shake out which is the actual problem. Also, can you configure office to store temp files on the local PC, and not the same directory as the office file is located. On 08/08/12 16:51, John Goubeaux wrote: Folks, I am running a 3.3.4 version of Samba ( stand alone) on Solaris 10 configured to auth against LDAP for user auth and have recently, after migrating a variety of user desktops to Win7 and MS Office 2010, began seeing an increased latency in opening files. ie previous 3 times are now 30-45 Users were previously running WinXP and using MS office 2007. Question: Is an upgrade to the latest stable 3.x Ver likely to resolve this OR am I also missing some more stringent security settings I need to address b/c of Win7 ? Any ideas or clues appreciated. -john -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
Re: [Samba] Samba 3.3.4 - Win7 Latency with MS Office files
Thanks for the ideas ! Does enabling nameservice cacheing mean starting winbindd ? Wondering what the implications of having this running on a network with an actual Win DC running as well are ? Meaning this is a standalone instance of a samba server that I am trbl shooting. I have a development version running the latest, 3.6.7 build and am testing with Win7 clients but seem to still be getting latency after multiple files are opened. I will try the temp file default location change though as well. -john At 9:50 AM -0400 8/9/12, Gaiseric Vandal wrote: Did you try enabling the name service caching daemon on the server? (has its pros can cons.) I would also try XP+Office 2010 and WIn 7+ Office 2007 to see if you can shake out which is the actual problem. Also, can you configure office to store temp files on the local PC, and not the same directory as the office file is located. On 08/08/12 16:51, John Goubeaux wrote: Folks, I am running a 3.3.4 version of Samba ( stand alone) on Solaris 10 configured to auth against LDAP for user auth and have recently, after migrating a variety of user desktops to Win7 and MS Office 2010, began seeing an increased latency in opening files. ie previous 3 times are now 30-45 Users were previously running WinXP and using MS office 2007. Question: Is an upgrade to the latest stable 3.x Ver likely to resolve this OR am I also missing some more stringent security settings I need to address b/c of Win7 ? Any ideas or clues appreciated. -john -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba -- John Goubeaux Systems Administrator Gevirtz Graduate School of Education UC Santa Barbara Education 4203C 805 893-8190 -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
Re: [Samba] Samba 3.3.4 - Win7 Latency with MS Office files
name service works at unix level- it caches user and group looks (e.g. results of getent passwd and getent group.) So that could include winbind if nsswitch.conf includes winbind. On solaris, it is defined as follows. bash-3.00# svcs -a | grep name disabled Jul_18 svc:/system/name-service-cache:default Actual executable is nscd (same as linux.) A DC normally doesn't need winbind since the samba users map directly to local unix accounts. However, the delay could be in the ldap user retrieval. I don't use nameservice cache myself because I found that group changes did not come into effect quick enough. On 08/09/12 14:14, John Goubeaux wrote: Thanks for the ideas ! Does enabling nameservice cacheing mean starting winbindd ? Wondering what the implications of having this running on a network with an actual Win DC running as well are ? Meaning this is a standalone instance of a samba server that I am trbl shooting. I have a development version running the latest, 3.6.7 build and am testing with Win7 clients but seem to still be getting latency after multiple files are opened. I will try the temp file default location change though as well. -john At 9:50 AM -0400 8/9/12, Gaiseric Vandal wrote: Did you try enabling the name service caching daemon on the server? (has its pros can cons.) I would also try XP+Office 2010 and WIn 7+ Office 2007 to see if you can shake out which is the actual problem. Also, can you configure office to store temp files on the local PC, and not the same directory as the office file is located. On 08/08/12 16:51, John Goubeaux wrote: Folks, I am running a 3.3.4 version of Samba ( stand alone) on Solaris 10 configured to auth against LDAP for user auth and have recently, after migrating a variety of user desktops to Win7 and MS Office 2010, began seeing an increased latency in opening files. ie previous 3 times are now 30-45 Users were previously running WinXP and using MS office 2007. Question: Is an upgrade to the latest stable 3.x Ver likely to resolve this OR am I also missing some more stringent security settings I need to address b/c of Win7 ? Any ideas or clues appreciated. -john -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
Re: [Samba] Samba 3.3.4 - Win7 Latency with MS Office files
Ok, thanks for that detail on winbind usage. Oddly my testing of the problem might have pinpointed the issue to be the fact that the Win7 is running on iMacs, YES! AND there might be a driver related latency with the network card. Networking via the wireless card shows faster results. Someone decided to buy a bunch of iMacs and run Windows on them and this is when we began seeing the issue. I will see. With regards to a possible LDAP user retrieval issue I cannot see this changing if one went from WinXPWin7 on the client but the Samba LDAP mechanism has not changed at the server level where Samba is running. -john At 3:09 PM -0400 8/9/12, Gaiseric Vandal wrote: name service works at unix level- it caches user and group looks (e.g. results of getent passwd and getent group.) So that could include winbind if nsswitch.conf includes winbind. On solaris, it is defined as follows. bash-3.00# svcs -a | grep name disabled Jul_18 svc:/system/name-service-cache:default Actual executable is nscd (same as linux.) A DC normally doesn't need winbind since the samba users map directly to local unix accounts. However, the delay could be in the ldap user retrieval. I don't use nameservice cache myself because I found that group changes did not come into effect quick enough. On 08/09/12 14:14, John Goubeaux wrote: Thanks for the ideas ! Does enabling nameservice cacheing mean starting winbindd ? Wondering what the implications of having this running on a network with an actual Win DC running as well are ? Meaning this is a standalone instance of a samba server that I am trbl shooting. I have a development version running the latest, 3.6.7 build and am testing with Win7 clients but seem to still be getting latency after multiple files are opened. I will try the temp file default location change though as well. -john At 9:50 AM -0400 8/9/12, Gaiseric Vandal wrote: Did you try enabling the name service caching daemon on the server? (has its pros can cons.) I would also try XP+Office 2010 and WIn 7+ Office 2007 to see if you can shake out which is the actual problem. Also, can you configure office to store temp files on the local PC, and not the same directory as the office file is located. On 08/08/12 16:51, John Goubeaux wrote: Folks, I am running a 3.3.4 version of Samba ( stand alone) on Solaris 10 configured to auth against LDAP for user auth and have recently, after migrating a variety of user desktops to Win7 and MS Office 2010, began seeing an increased latency in opening files. ie previous 3 times are now 30-45 Users were previously running WinXP and using MS office 2007. Question: Is an upgrade to the latest stable 3.x Ver likely to resolve this OR am I also missing some more stringent security settings I need to address b/c of Win7 ? Any ideas or clues appreciated. -john -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba -- John Goubeaux Systems Administrator Gevirtz Graduate School of Education UC Santa Barbara Education 4203C 805 893-8190 -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
[Samba] Samba 3.3.4 - Win7 Latency with MS Office files
Folks, I am running a 3.3.4 version of Samba ( stand alone) on Solaris 10 configured to auth against LDAP for user auth and have recently, after migrating a variety of user desktops to Win7 and MS Office 2010, began seeing an increased latency in opening files. ie previous 3 times are now 30-45 Users were previously running WinXP and using MS office 2007. Question: Is an upgrade to the latest stable 3.x Ver likely to resolve this OR am I also missing some more stringent security settings I need to address b/c of Win7 ? Any ideas or clues appreciated. -john -- John Goubeaux Systems Administrator Gevirtz Graduate School of Education UC Santa Barbara Education 4203C 805 893-8190 -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
