CentOS - Apr 2008 - Another samba problem

My server is CentOS with samba 3.0.25b.  One client box runs Mandriva 2007.1 
with samba 3.0.24.  I can see the client box from the server, but the client 
box can't see the server.  It can see the laptop on the same lan, though.

Any suggestions as to what I could check?  I know Craig said there had been 
some significant changes in recent versions.  Are any of those changes likely 
to have an impact on this?

Anne

On Sat, 2008-04-19 at 13:55 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote:
> My server is CentOS with samba 3.0.25b.  One client box runs Mandriva
2007.1
> with samba 3.0.24.  I can see the client box from the server, but the
client
> box can't see the server.  It can see the laptop on the same lan,
though.
> 
> Any suggestions as to what I could check?  I know Craig said there had been
> some significant changes in recent versions.  Are any of those changes
likely
> to have an impact on this?
----
are they on the same subnet?

it almost sounds like firewall rules are in the way.

Always check first from localhost and then from another machine...

from localhost...

smbclient -L localhost
smbclient -L NETBIOSNAME # which is the hostname unless you set
something
                         # different in smb.conf

then from another computer...

smbclient -L IP_ADDRESS_OF_SYSTEM
smbclient -L NETBIOSNAME

if localhost & IP_ADDRESS_OF_SYSTEM work but NETBIOSNAME doesn't work,
you've got a problem with name resolution.

Craig