[aclug-L] Re: Samba problems

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > However, I cannot see the server when I use:
> >
> >     C:\> net view /workstation:music
> >
> > The latter of these commands DOES show the workstation (nirvana).  I have
> > told the Samba server to act as a WINS server (as suggested by the
> > BROWSING.txt document in /usr/doc/samba-doc).  I have verified that both
> > machines are in the same workgroup.
> 
> That works?  On my machine it says to use: net view
> /workgroup:<workgroupname>

Yes, that's what I did.  MUSIC is the name of the workgroup.


> > What am I missing?
> >
> > I got this to work once before... long ago... and with only one Windows 95
> > machine (other '95 machines on the network still couldn't see the
> > server in
> > the workgroup).
> >
> > I hope I'm missing something obvious.
> >
> >
> 
> How do you have this portion of your smb.conf set?
> 
> ; Please read BROWSING.txt and set the next four parameters according
> ;       to your network setup. There is no valid default so they are
> commented
> ;       out.
>    os level = 3
>    domain master = yes
> ;   local master = no
>    preferred master = yes

I had:

   os level = 65
   domain master = yes
   local master = yes
   preferred master = yes

As per the BROWSING.txt document (which I have not yet read THUROUGHLY). 
(Windows "networking" concepts really have me confused).


> Also your directorys will have to be set as browseable before you will see
> them in network neigborhood.  However, if you know the server and share name
> you can still map them to drive letters even when they don't show up.

Well, I can view the directories using "net view \\zeppelin".  It just seems
as though the Windows machine doesn't think zeppelin is in its workgroup. 
How do I change that?

I also just created an /etc/lmhosts file.  Is that the correct place for
that file?

And for some more background info, here's my network setup:

  ZEPPELIN is the Samba server (running Debian Linux)

  NIRVANA is the Windows 95 (OSR2) Workstation/client

  MUSIC is the name of the workgroup

  I'll also be adding STYX (a Win98 machine) as a client once I get this
  thing working properly between NIRVANA and ZEPPELIN


On the Windows 95 machine (NIRVANA), Network Neighborhood shows:

  [] Entire Network
  [] Nirvana

        Double-clicking on Entire Network shows:

          [] Music

                Double-clicking on Music shows:

                  [] Nirvana


Nothing very useful there.  Obviously, Zeppelin doesn't show up there at
all.  When I go to a DOS prompt, I get the following:

C:\>net view \\zeppelin
Shared resources at \\ZEPPELIN

Sharename       Type            Comment
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
bj10e           Print           Canon BJ-10e
jonhall         Disk            Home Directories
The command was completed successfully

C:\>net view /workgroup:music
Servers available in workgroup MUSIC.
Server name             Remark
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
\\NIRVANA               Family Workstation
The command was completed successfully.

C:\>


        NOTE: There is a long pause between my entering "net view
        \\zeppelin" and the appearance of the results.  When I do a "net
        view /workgroup:music" it displays almost immediately.

I have a feeling that Windows is caching the contents of the workgroup.  Is
there some way to force a reload/requery?  Doing a 'refresh' in the Network
neighborhood doesn't seem to do it.

Looking at /var/log/smb, when I do a "net view \\zeppelin" on the Windows
machine, I see the following log entries:

[1999/11/07 15:22:59, 1] smbd/server.c:main(628)
  smbd version 2.0.5a started.
  Copyright Andrew Tridgell 1992-1998
[1999/11/07 15:22:59, 0] param/loadparm.c:lp_do_parameter(2012)
  Global parameter interfaces found in service section!
[1999/11/07 15:22:59, 1] smbd/files.c:file_init(216)
  file_init: Information only: requested 10000 open files, 1014 are
available.

Then in /var/log/nmb I see the following:

[1999/11/07 15:33:04, 1] nmbd/nmbd.c:main(684)
  Netbios nameserver version 2.0.5a started.
  Copyright Andrew Tridgell 1994-1998
[1999/11/07 15:33:04, 0] lib/util_sock.c:open_socket_in(886)
  bind failed on port 137 socket_addr=206.53.106.207 (Cannot assign
requested ad
dress)
[1999/11/07 15:33:04, 0] nmbd/nmbd_subnetdb.c:make_subnet(135)
nmbd_subnetdb:make_subnet()
  Failed to open nmb socket on interface 206.53.106.207 for port 137.  Error
was
 Cannot assign requested address
[1999/11/07 15:33:04, 0] nmbd/nmbd.c:main(742)
  ERROR: Failed when creating subnet lists. Exiting.

That appears about 40 times in 2 seconds time, then stops.  I'm not entirely
sure how that corresponds to what I'm doing on the Windows machine.

I have Zeppelin set as the WINS server on the Windows machine.

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong or where else to look for clues?


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