I'm having a little problem with my samba shares "stalling", is the
best I can think of to describe it.

=46rom Linux Debian/sid, I'm sharing a few directories out on the LAN
using samba (v3.0.24, according to smbclient).  Just simple things like
my photo album and MP3 collection that include basically everyone else's
in the house too.  So they're simply being shared at share level
without a password.

The problem comes when my wife tries to access the shares from her
computer, on which she's using Windows 95.  For a short time, it works
fine, but then suddenly the Windows Explorer will just freeze for
several minutes, and it continues to do that until she reboots.

File sharing isn't actually interrupted, for example songs queued up in
WinAmp before the problem will continue to play just fine.  So it's
quite possibly a problem on her end, but I'm wondering if there's
anything I can check on my end to see if I have done anything wrong.

Here's my current smb.conf file, in case it contains anything
interesting... To be honest, I cobbled it together without really
having a great clue what I was doing.  So who knows, maybe there's
something in there that I've done drastically wrong, and any help
fixing the config file, or figuring out where else it might be fowling
up, would be appreciated.


[global]
workgroup =3D LOCALNET
netbios name =3D MYPUTER
interfaces =3D 127.0.0.1 192.168.1.
bind interfaces only =3D Yes
username map =3D /etc/samba/smbusers
log level =3D 1
syslog =3D 0
log file =3D /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size =3D 4096
name resolve order =3D wins bcast hosts
time server =3D Yes
printcap name =3D CUPS
show add printer wizard =3D No
server string =3D %h server (Samba %v)
encrypt passwords =3D true
map to guest =3D Bad User
restrict anonymous =3D Yes
unix extensions =3D Yes
socket options =3D SO_KEEPALIVE IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY
SO_RCVBUF=3D8192 SO_SNDBUF=3D8192
load printers =3D No
os level =3D 20
preferred master =3D No
local master =3D No
domain master =3D No
hosts allow =3D 127.0.0.1, 192.168.1.0/24
printing =3D cups
panic action =3D /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
invalid users =3D root

[Mobile]
available =3D Yes
comment =3D Pictures from my mobile phone...
path =3D /home/Downloads/pics.Mobile
write list =3D @staff
guest ok =3D Yes
obey pam restrictions =3D No

[MP3s]
available =3D Yes
comment =3D MP3 music collection...
path =3D /dose/MP3s/Good Stuff
write list =3D @staff
guest ok =3D Yes


Fredderic

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After takin' a swig o' grog, Fredderic belched out this bit o' wisdom:

> The problem comes when my wife tries to access the shares from her
> computer, on which she's using Windows 95.  For a short time, it works
> fine, but then suddenly the Windows Explorer will just freeze for
> several minutes, and it continues to do that until she reboots.
>
> File sharing isn't actually interrupted, for example songs queued up in
> WinAmp before the problem will continue to play just fine.  So it's
> quite possibly a problem on her end, but I'm wondering if there's
> anything I can check on my end to see if I have done anything wrong.

In my experience, a Windows box doesn't deal with Windows shares (even
ones shared by Samba) all that well.

It can be hourglass city!

Then, sometimes, it will work quite well for awhile.

Hey, it's Windows!  It's like a box of chocolates -- you never know what
you're gonna get.

--
0 and 1. Now what could be so hard about that?

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