[wpkg-users] firefox and acrobat
Brian May
brian at vpac.org
Tue Apr 15 02:15:29 CEST 2008
Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:
> You can use the same model (Admininistrator or unprivileged user)
with both unattended and wpkg.
> And I'd discourage using guest access for accessing any WPKG shares
anyway.
>
> The best approach IMO is to use an unprivileged user to access a
password protected share.
Why is this better? I have so far been reluctant to add another user to
our LDAP database - Samba uses LDAP for authentication here.
I can't see any security benefits, as either. At least not for wpkg.
>> 2008-04-14 14:03:12, DEBUG : Initialized temporary local log file:
C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\wpkg-logInit.log
>> 2008-04-14 14:03:12, DEBUG : Initializing new log file:
C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\wpkg-dell002.log
>> 2008-04-14 14:03:12, DEBUG : Reboot-Cmd is standard.
>> 2008-04-14 14:03:13, DEBUG : WPKG 1.0 starting...
>> 2008-04-14 14:03:13, DEBUG : Base directory is '\\hq\wpkg\cur'.
>> 2008-04-14 14:03:13, DEBUG : Log level is 255
>> 2008-04-14 14:03:13, DEBUG : Trying to read XML file:
\\hq\wpkg\cur\profiles.xml
>> 2008-04-14 14:04:20, DEBUG : Successfully loaded XML file:
\\hq\wpkg\cur\profiles.xml
>
> It waits over 30 seconds to access the first file - looks like either:
>
> 1) this workstation is *very* slow
> 2) your profiles.xml file is *very* large (and all other XML files)
> 3) there is some problem accessing network shares (WINS, DNS
resolution, other network problems etc.).
>
> If I'd have to bet here, I'd bet on 3).
I have noticed accessing network shares on first access does take about
30 seconds, unless logged in via the domain. I haven't worked out why
yet. WINS resolution seems to be working fine. I will double check. If
WINS wasn't working, I wouldn't expect anything to work.
However, once the share has been mapped, it should be fast.
> This looks even worse:
Yes. It makes no sense to me.
> Definitely, it is not normal.
> Does it affect every machine?
So far I have only seriously investigated one computer - a Dell Latitude
D610.
I tried a HP Compaq nw8440 too, but it looks like the basic Windows XP
SP2 installation disk won't work with this hardware :-(. Won't detect
the hard disk.
Brian May
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