From 4c0d90f178033684aa45521f1899c6a327f6f301 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Terpstra Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 16:58:18 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Adding samba user comments and feedback. --- docs/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-NetworkBrowsing.xml | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 54 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-NetworkBrowsing.xml b/docs/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-NetworkBrowsing.xml index d12410f9818..fe199ae7025 100644 --- a/docs/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-NetworkBrowsing.xml +++ b/docs/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-NetworkBrowsing.xml @@ -4,8 +4,15 @@ &author.jht; &author.jelmer; + + JonathanJohnson + + Sutinen Consulting, Inc. +
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+ + July 5, 1998 - Updated: April 21, 2003 + Updated: September 20, 2006 Network Browsing @@ -14,6 +21,7 @@ browsing across subnets resolution of NetBIOS names browse list handling +WINS This chapter contains detailed information as well as a fast-track guide to implementing browsing across subnets and/or across workgroups (or domains). WINS is the best tool for resolution of NetBIOS names to IP addresses; however, WINS is @@ -21,6 +29,15 @@ not involved in browse list handling except by way of name-to-address resolution +WINS +What is WINS? + + +WINS is a facility that provides resolution of a NetBIOS name to its IP address. WINS is like a +Dynamic-DNS service for NetBIOS networking names. + + + Windows 2000 NetBIOS over TCP/IP DNS @@ -2168,5 +2185,41 @@ Here are a few possibilities: + +Invalid Cached Share References Affects Network Browsing + +Cached references on your MS Windows client (workstation or server) to shares or servers that no longer exist +can cause MS Windows Explorer to appear unresponsive as it tries to connect to these shares. After a delay +(can take a long time) it times out and browsing will appear to be mostly normal again. + + + +To eliminate the problem the stale cached references should be removed. This does not happen automatically and +requires manual intervention. This is a design feature of MS Windows and not anything that Samba can change. +To remove the stale shortcuts found in My Network Places which refer to what are now +invalid shares or servers it is necessary to edit the Windows Registry under +HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\. Edit the entry +MountPoints2 (on Windows XP and later, or MountPoints on +Windows 2000 and earlier). Remove all keys named \\server\share (where 'server' and 'share' refer to a +non-existent server or share). Note that this must be done for every user profile that has such stale +references. + + + +Samba users have reported that these stale references negatively affect network browsing with Windows, Samba, +and Novell servers. They suspect it is a universal problem not directly related to the existence of a Samba +server. Samba users may experience this more often due to Samba being somewhat viewed as an experimenter's +toolkit. This results from the fact that a user might go through several reconfigurations and incarnations of +their Samba server, by different names, with different shares, increasing the chances for having stale +(invalid) cached share references. Strangely (or not so strangely), Windows does not seem to expire these +references. I am not sure how or why the registry keys are created. + + + +It is common for Open dialog boxes (for example; in Word and Excel) to respond very +slowly, as they attempt to locate all of the cached references, even if they are not in the current directory +being accessed. + + -- 2.11.4.GIT