176 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User’s Guide •March 2004
Software Appears to Hang When BrowsingNetwork Drives
Youmight observe a very long time lag when browsing network drives. SunPCi III
software might even appear to hang as it searches the contents of the drives. This is
because Solaris software contains a “browsing” feature that allows you to
automatically view all auto mount points on your Sun system.
This can cause Microsoft Windowsapplications to slow down considerably when
browsing for files on your Sun system. It can also cause issues when viewing very
large directories with WindowsExplorer, or saving to a subdirectory in one of these
large directories.
Youcan fix this issue by editing the Solaris auto_master file to turn off this feature.
Toedit this file, perform the following steps:
1. Use a text editor to open the file /etc/auto_master.
The file should look similar to the following:
2. Move the +auto_master line in the file to the bottom of the list.
If the -nosuid, nobrowse and -nobrowse keywords are not present in the file,
add them before the +auto_master line. The result should look similar to the
following:
3. Save the file and exit the text editor.
4. Reboot your system.
The “browsing” feature should be turned off.
# Master map for automounter
#
+auto_master
/net -hosts -nosuid,nobrowse
/home auto_home -nobrowse
/xfn -xfn
# Master map for automounter
#
/net -hosts -nosuid,nobrowse
/home auto_home -nobrowse
/xfn -xfn
+auto_master