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Samba Performance Tuning"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 38. Samba and other CIFS clients</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Portability.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Part VI. Appendixes</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="speed.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="Other-Clients"></a>Chapter 38. Samba and other CIFS clients</h2></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Jim</span> <span class="surname">McDonough</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">IBM<br></span><div class="address"><p><tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:jmcd@us.ibm.com">jmcd@us.ibm.com</a>></tt></p></div></div></div></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Jelmer</span> <span class="othername">R.</span> <span class="surname">Vernooij</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">The Samba Team<br></span><div class="address"><p><tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:jelmer@samba.org">jelmer@samba.org</a>></tt></p></div></div></div></div><div><p class="pubdate">5 Mar 2001</p></div></div><div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><a href="Other-Clients.html#id3013323">Macintosh clients?</a></dt><dt><a href="Other-Clients.html#id3013394">OS2 Client</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="Other-Clients.html#id3013401">How can I configure OS/2 Warp Connect or + OS/2 Warp 4 as a client for Samba?</a></dt><dt><a href="Other-Clients.html#id3013017">How can I configure OS/2 Warp 3 (not Connect), + OS/2 1.2, 1.3 or 2.x for Samba?</a></dt><dt><a href="Other-Clients.html#id3013077">How do I get printer driver download working + for OS/2 clients?</a></dt></dl></dd><dt><a href="Other-Clients.html#id3013174">Windows for Workgroups</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="Other-Clients.html#id3012636">Use latest TCP/IP stack from Microsoft</a></dt><dt><a href="Other-Clients.html#id3012726">Delete .pwl files after password change</a></dt><dt><a href="Other-Clients.html#id3012756">Configure WfW password handling</a></dt><dt><a href="Other-Clients.html#id3012802">Case handling of passwords</a></dt><dt><a href="Other-Clients.html#id3012831">Use TCP/IP as default protocol</a></dt><dt><a href="Other-Clients.html#id3012849">Speed improvement</a></dt></dl></dd><dt><a href="Other-Clients.html#id3012895">Windows '95/'98</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="Other-Clients.html#id3013925">Speed improvement</a></dt></dl></dd><dt><a href="Other-Clients.html#id3013949">Windows 2000 Service Pack 2</a></dt><dt><a href="Other-Clients.html#id3014059">Windows NT 3.1</a></dt></dl></div><p>This chapter contains client-specific information.</p><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id3013323"></a>Macintosh clients?</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> +Yes. <a href="http://www.thursby.com/" target="_top">Thursby</a> now have a CIFS Client / Server called <a href="http://www.thursby.com/products/dave.html" target="_top">DAVE</a> +</p><p> +They test it against Windows 95, Windows NT and samba for +compatibility issues. At the time of writing, DAVE was at version +1.0.1. The 1.0.0 to 1.0.1 update is available as a free download from +the Thursby web site (the speed of finder copies has been greatly +enhanced, and there are bug-fixes included). +</p><p> +Alternatives - There are two free implementations of AppleTalk for +several kinds of UNIX machnes, and several more commercial ones. +These products allow you to run file services and print services +natively to Macintosh users, with no additional support required on +the Macintosh. The two free omplementations are +<a href="http://www.umich.edu/~rsug/netatalk/" target="_top">Netatalk</a>, and +<a href="http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/appletalk/atalk.html" target="_top">CAP</a>. +What Samba offers MS +Windows users, these packages offer to Macs. For more info on these +packages, Samba, and Linux (and other UNIX-based systems) see +<a href="http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html" target="_top">http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html</a> +</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id3013394"></a>OS2 Client</h2></div></div><div></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id3013401"></a>How can I configure OS/2 Warp Connect or + OS/2 Warp 4 as a client for Samba?</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p>A more complete answer to this question can be + found on <a href="http://carol.wins.uva.nl/~leeuw/samba/warp.html" target="_top"> + http://carol.wins.uva.nl/~leeuw/samba/warp.html</a>.</p><p>Basically, you need three components:</p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td>The File and Print Client ('IBM Peer')</td></tr><tr><td>TCP/IP ('Internet support') </td></tr><tr><td>The "NetBIOS over TCP/IP" driver ('TCPBEUI')</td></tr></table><p>Installing the first two together with the base operating + system on a blank system is explained in the Warp manual. If Warp + has already been installed, but you now want to install the + networking support, use the "Selective Install for Networking" + object in the "System Setup" folder.</p><p>Adding the "NetBIOS over TCP/IP" driver is not described + in the manual and just barely in the online documentation. Start + MPTS.EXE, click on OK, click on "Configure LAPS" and click + on "IBM OS/2 NETBIOS OVER TCP/IP" in 'Protocols'. This line + is then moved to 'Current Configuration'. Select that line, + click on "Change number" and increase it from 0 to 1. Save this + configuration.</p><p>If the Samba server(s) is not on your local subnet, you + can optionally add IP names and addresses of these servers + to the "Names List", or specify a WINS server ('NetBIOS + Nameserver' in IBM and RFC terminology). For Warp Connect you + may need to download an update for 'IBM Peer' to bring it on + the same level as Warp 4. See the webpage mentioned above.</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id3013017"></a>How can I configure OS/2 Warp 3 (not Connect), + OS/2 1.2, 1.3 or 2.x for Samba?</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p>You can use the free Microsoft LAN Manager 2.2c Client + for OS/2 from + <a href="ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/BusSys/Clients/LANMAN.OS2/" target="_top"> + ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/BusSys/Clients/LANMAN.OS2/</a>. + See <a href="http://carol.wins.uva.nl/~leeuw/lanman.html" target="_top"> + http://carol.wins.uva.nl/~leeuw/lanman.html</a> for + more information on how to install and use this client. In + a nutshell, edit the file \OS2VER in the root directory of + the OS/2 boot partition and add the lines:</p><pre class="programlisting"> + 20=setup.exe + 20=netwksta.sys + 20=netvdd.sys + </pre><p>before you install the client. Also, don't use the + included NE2000 driver because it is buggy. Try the NE2000 + or NS2000 driver from + <a href="ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/os2/network/ndis/" target="_top"> + ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/os2/network/ndis/</a> instead. + </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id3013077"></a>How do I get printer driver download working + for OS/2 clients?</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p>First, create a share called <i class="parameter"><tt>[PRINTDRV]</tt></i> that is + world-readable. Copy your OS/2 driver files there. Note + that the .EA_ files must still be separate, so you will need + to use the original install files, and not copy an installed + driver from an OS/2 system.</p><p>Install the NT driver first for that printer. Then, + add to your <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> a parameter, <i class="parameter"><tt>os2 driver map = + <i class="replaceable"><tt>filename</tt></i></tt></i>. Then, in the file + specified by <i class="replaceable"><tt>filename</tt></i>, map the + name of the NT driver name to the OS/2 driver name as + follows:</p><p><i class="parameter"><tt><i class="replaceable"><tt>nt driver name</tt></i> = <i class="replaceable"><tt>os2 driver name</tt></i>.<i class="replaceable"><tt>device name</tt></i></tt></i>, e.g.:</p><p><i class="parameter"><tt> + HP LaserJet 5L = LASERJET.HP LaserJet 5L</tt></i></p><p>You can have multiple drivers mapped in this file.</p><p>If you only specify the OS/2 driver name, and not the + device name, the first attempt to download the driver will + actually download the files, but the OS/2 client will tell + you the driver is not available. On the second attempt, it + will work. This is fixed simply by adding the device name + to the mapping, after which it will work on the first attempt. + </p></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id3013174"></a>Windows for Workgroups</h2></div></div><div></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id3012636"></a>Use latest TCP/IP stack from Microsoft</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p>Use the latest TCP/IP stack from microsoft if you use Windows +for workgroups. +</p><p>The early TCP/IP stacks had lots of bugs.</p><p> +Microsoft has released an incremental upgrade to their TCP/IP 32-Bit +VxD drivers. The latest release can be found on their ftp site at +ftp.microsoft.com, located in <tt class="filename">/peropsys/windows/public/tcpip/wfwt32.exe</tt>. +There is an update.txt file there that describes the problems that were +fixed. New files include <tt class="filename">WINSOCK.DLL</tt>, +<tt class="filename">TELNET.EXE</tt>, +<tt class="filename">WSOCK.386</tt>, +<tt class="filename">VNBT.386</tt>, +<tt class="filename">WSTCP.386</tt>, +<tt class="filename">TRACERT.EXE</tt>, +<tt class="filename">NETSTAT.EXE</tt>, and +<tt class="filename">NBTSTAT.EXE</tt>. +</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id3012726"></a>Delete .pwl files after password change</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> +WfWg does a lousy job with passwords. I find that if I change my +password on either the unix box or the PC the safest thing to do is to +delete the .pwl files in the windows directory. The PC will complain about not finding the files, but will soon get over it, allowing you to enter the new password. +</p><p> +If you don't do this you may find that WfWg remembers and uses the old +password, even if you told it a new one. +</p><p> +Often WfWg will totally ignore a password you give it in a dialog box. +</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id3012756"></a>Configure WfW password handling</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> +There is a program call admincfg.exe +on the last disk (disk 8) of the WFW 3.11 disk set. To install it +type <b class="userinput"><tt>EXPAND A:\ADMINCFG.EX_ C:\WINDOWS\ADMINCFG.EXE</tt></b>. +Then add an icon +for it via the <span class="application">Program Manager</span> <span class="guimenu">New</span> Menu. +This program allows you to control how WFW handles passwords. ie disable Password Caching etc +for use with <i class="parameter"><tt>security = user</tt></i> +</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id3012802"></a>Case handling of passwords</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p>Windows for Workgroups uppercases the password before sending it to the server. Unix passwords can be case-sensitive though. Check the <a href="smb.conf.5.html" target="_top">smb.conf(5)</a> information on <i class="parameter"><tt>password level</tt></i> to specify what characters samba should try to uppercase when checking.</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id3012831"></a>Use TCP/IP as default protocol</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p>To support print queue reporting you may find +that you have to use TCP/IP as the default protocol under +WfWg. For some reason if you leave Netbeui as the default +it may break the print queue reporting on some systems. +It is presumably a WfWg bug.</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id3012849"></a>Speed improvement</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> +Note that some people have found that setting <i class="parameter"><tt>DefaultRcvWindow</tt></i> in +the <i class="parameter"><tt>[MSTCP]</tt></i> section of the +<tt class="filename">SYSTEM.INI</tt> file under WfWg to 3072 gives a +big improvement. I don't know why. +</p><p> +My own experience wth DefaultRcvWindow is that I get much better +performance with a large value (16384 or larger). Other people have +reported that anything over 3072 slows things down enourmously. One +person even reported a speed drop of a factor of 30 when he went from +3072 to 8192. I don't know why. +</p></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id3012895"></a>Windows '95/'98</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> +When using Windows 95 OEM SR2 the following updates are recommended where Samba +is being used. Please NOTE that the above change will affect you once these +updates have been installed. +</p><p> +There are more updates than the ones mentioned here. You are referred to the +Microsoft Web site for all currently available updates to your specific version +of Windows 95. +</p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td>Kernel Update: KRNLUPD.EXE</td></tr><tr><td>Ping Fix: PINGUPD.EXE</td></tr><tr><td>RPC Update: RPCRTUPD.EXE</td></tr><tr><td>TCP/IP Update: VIPUPD.EXE</td></tr><tr><td>Redirector Update: VRDRUPD.EXE</td></tr></table><p> +Also, if using <span class="application">MS OutLook</span> it is desirable to +install the <b class="command">OLEUPD.EXE</b> fix. This +fix may stop your machine from hanging for an extended period when exiting +OutLook and you may also notice a significant speedup when accessing network +neighborhood services. +</p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id3013925"></a>Speed improvement</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> +Configure the win95 TCPIP registry settings to give better +performance. I use a program called <b class="command">MTUSPEED.exe</b> which I got off the +net. There are various other utilities of this type freely available. +</p></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id3013949"></a>Windows 2000 Service Pack 2</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> +There are several annoyances with Windows 2000 SP2. One of which +only appears when using a Samba server to host user profiles +to Windows 2000 SP2 clients in a Windows domain. This assumes +that Samba is a member of the domain, but the problem will +likely occur if it is not. +</p><p> +In order to serve profiles successfully to Windows 2000 SP2 +clients (when not operating as a PDC), Samba must have +<i class="parameter"><tt>nt acl support = no</tt></i> +added to the file share which houses the roaming profiles. +If this is not done, then the Windows 2000 SP2 client will +complain about not being able to access the profile (Access +Denied) and create multiple copies of it on disk (DOMAIN.user.001, +DOMAIN.user.002, etc...). See the +<a href="smb.conf.5.html" target="_top">smb.conf(5)</a> man page +for more details on this option. Also note that the +<i class="parameter"><tt>nt acl support</tt></i> parameter was formally a global parameter in +releases prior to Samba 2.2.2. +</p><p> +The following is a minimal profile share: +</p><pre class="programlisting"> + [profile] + path = /export/profile + create mask = 0600 + directory mask = 0700 + nt acl support = no + read only = no +</pre><p> +The reason for this bug is that the Win2k SP2 client copies +the security descriptor for the profile which contains +the Samba server's SID, and not the domain SID. The client +compares the SID for SAMBA\user and realizes it is +different that the one assigned to DOMAIN\user. Hence the reason +for the <span class="errorname">access denied</span> message. +</p><p> +By disabling the <i class="parameter"><tt>nt acl support</tt></i> parameter, Samba will send +the Win2k client a response to the QuerySecurityDescriptor +trans2 call which causes the client to set a default ACL +for the profile. This default ACL includes +</p><p><span class="emphasis"><em>DOMAIN\user "Full Control"</em></span>></p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>This bug does not occur when using winbind to +create accounts on the Samba host for Domain users.</p></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id3014059"></a>Windows NT 3.1</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>If you have problems communicating across routers with Windows +NT 3.1 workstations, read <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;%5BLN%5D;Q103765" target="_top">this Microsoft Knowledge Base article</a>. + +</p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Portability.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="Appendixes.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="speed.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Chapter 37. 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