Samba running running slow...

[Todd Cary]

I installed RH 9 on a box and Samba ran great: copying files from the NT
box to the Linux box and visa versa. Then I tried to recompile Apache
with some additional extensions to PHP only to get the system fairly
well tied up, so I reinstalled Apache and the other servers from the RH
disks which I believe included Samba. Now my copying files to Linux is
very slow, but coming the other way is fast.

Not being proficient with Linux, I am not sure where to look for the
problem. Any suggestions?

Todd

[Skylar Thompson]

On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 13:39:32 GMT, Todd Cary <todd@aristesoftware.com> wrote:

> I installed RH 9 on a box and Samba ran great: copying files from the NT
> box to the Linux box and visa versa. Then I tried to recompile Apache
> with some additional extensions to PHP only to get the system fairly
> well tied up, so I reinstalled Apache and the other servers from the RH
> disks which I believe included Samba. Now my copying files to Linux is
> very slow, but coming the other way is fast.
>
> Not being proficient with Linux, I am not sure where to look for the
> problem. Any suggestions?

Run top on the Samba server while doing the copy to see if there's
a process sucking an inordinate amount of CPU time. Also, what kind of
hardware are you running this on?

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[mjt]

Todd Cary wrote:

> Not being proficient with Linux, I am not sure where to look for the
> problem. Any suggestions?

.... check the /var/log/messages file for clues. run
top to see what's hogging the box
..
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[Xyerp]

mjt <mjtobler@removethis_consultant.com> wrote in message news:<mI1Pa.190$Fl4.218217648@newssvr30.news.prodi gy.com>...

> Todd Cary wrote:
>

> > Not being proficient with Linux, I am not sure where to look for the
> > problem. Any suggestions?

>
> ... check the /var/log/messages file for clues. run
> top to see what's hogging the box
> .

How about if you copy your old smb.conf file back - does that make any
difference? Or re-compiling from the latest source?