> The situation here is that we have 1 Linux server running Samba, > one Windows NT client, and a scad of Windows 9x machines. The > problem is that filesharing between the server and the NT machine, > and between the server and one of the Windows machines, is having > problems. Copying a file from the server to either of those two > machines (or opening a file on the server on one of those two machines > takes an impossibly long time). Using our database file as an > example: it's about 5MB. Copying it between any of the two > Windows machines on the network (10BaseT) takes about 5 seconds. > Copying it from either of the two problem machines to the server > takes about 5 seconds. Copying it from the server to one of > the problem machines takes about... two hours. It simply doesn't > work. Moving files from the server to either of the two problem > machines is basically impossible, it's ridiculously slow. All > other network activity seems normal.
By the fact that it's working slowly but working, I exclude the possibility of a problem of permissions, although I was missing some host allow/host deny statement in your config file. Long response times are often due to problems with resolving network names. Not recently, but I do remember NT machines not liking to accept Samba machines as name/domain/password servers and start fighting each other. Try to disable all smb related name/domain services, delegating them to NT machines, if necessary. You also could try to increase samba's debug level and read the traces. Good luck Christoph Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ^X^C q quit :q ^C end x exit ZZ ^D ? help shit .
