Re: Samba and Mac OS trouble

["Joel CARNAT" <joel%carnat.net@localhost>]

Hi,

I add issues with file copying that took ages.
Only with MacOS X clients (Windows XP clients were OK) and NetBSD server.

I found this doc
(http://zhadum.org.uk/2007/02/16/mac-os-x-and-nis-just-not-good-friends/)
and applied the following recommendation:
Tuning the TCP stack under Mac OS X by setting the kernel parameter
?net.inet.tcp.delayed_ack? to zero fixes this problem.

This solved my problem - every files where copied at a full 100Mbits rate.

Hope it helps,
   Jo

> Hello list,
>
> I've set up a samba server, which works very well, except one oddity.
> We're only using Mac's in our company and if I connect to the
> samba share via the Finder (smb://samba) and if I use "duplicate"  to
> duplicate a file,
> the samba server takes a long time (1-2 Minutes) to accomplish this
> task, when the file used to duplicate is medium size (< 10 MB) . Other
> tasks seem to be done immediately.
> Does anybody know what could be the reason ?
> What can I do to track down and solve the problem.
>
> Thanks, Zafer.
>