Christophe Dupre
1998-Jun-17 14:03 UTC
WINS problem ? Samba server not found by all workstations
Hi all, I have a small problem here with Samba (version 1.9.18p7, although I upgraded this morning to p8). The server is a Sun Solaris 2.6. The clients are all Windows NT (server & workstations). All the workstations are on a subnet, and the server on another subnet (so broadcast packets are not able to move from a station to the server), so I configured Samba as a WINS server, and all stations are using it. Configuration is as follow: domain master = yes local master = yes preferred master = yes os level = 65 wins support = yes So, now from all stations I can properly map shares using the ip address (\\192.168.1.1\sharename), but I cannot always use the NetBIOS's server name to map (\\ServerName\sharename). For some stations it works, not for others. For those for which it doesn't work, Doing a "Find computer" using the server's NetBIOS name will result in a not found error message. Can anyone help ? -- Christophe Dupre Analyste de systemes, RISQ inc. 1801 McGill College, suite 800 Tel: (514) 840-1235, ext 6971 Montreal, QC CANADA FAX: (514) 840-1244 "Nous ne sommes pas libres de ne pas etre libres, nous sommes obliges de l'etre" - Fernando Savater #include <disclaimer.h>
Igor Colovic
1998-Jun-18 07:25 UTC
WINS problem ? Samba server not found by all workstations
>Hi all, I have a small problem here with Samba (version 1.9.18p7, althoughI>upgraded this morning to p8). The server is a Sun Solaris 2.6. The clientsare>all Windows NT (server & workstations). All the workstations are on asubnet,>and the server on another subnet (so broadcast packets are not able to move >from a station to the server), so I configured Samba as a WINS server, andall>stations are using it. Configuration is as follow: > domain master = yes > local master = yes > preferred master = yes > os level = 65 > wins support = yes >So, now from all stations I can properly map shares using the ip address >(\\192.168.1.1\sharename), but I cannot always use the NetBIOS's servername>to map (\\ServerName\sharename). For some stations it works, not forothers.>For those for which it doesn't work, Doing a "Find computer" using the >server's NetBIOS name will result in a not found error message. >Can anyone help ? >-- >Christophe Dupre >Analyste de systemes, >RISQ inc. >1801 McGill College, suite 800 Tel: (514) 840-1235, ext 6971 >Montreal, QC CANADA FAX: (514) 840-1244 >"Nous ne sommes pas libres de ne pas etre libres, nous sommes obliges de >l'etre" - Fernando Savater >#include <disclaimer.h>Have you tryed to search for hosts.* file on your WINNT machines. If name of this file is hosts.sam or something like this you have to rename it to hosts and add all names of all machines (including server) in this file. The format of this file (or the my file) look like this: # Copyright (c) 1994 Microsoft Corp. # # This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Chicago # # This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each # entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should # be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name. # The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one # space. # # Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual # lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol. # # For example: # # 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server # 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host 127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.0.2 big.co.yu 192.168.0.1 small.co.yu I hope this will help you ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Regards to You all from Igor Colovic Europe, Yugoslavia, Belgrade cigor@EUnet.yu DeplhiPro@yahoo.com members.tripod.com/~Colovic_Igor/index.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Colovic Igor.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 655 bytes Desc: not available Url : lists.samba.org/archive/samba/attachments/19980618/aae7efc1/ColovicIgor.vcf