sebcreaweb@ifrance.com
2000-Oct-02 12:35 UTC
I dont see my Server Samba in an NT explorer !
Hi! I have configure samba in the file smb.conf and after launch "testparm", i have not errors. And when i launch /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb start, it's ok but in a distant PC (System NT), i don't see my Linux server in the "Network Microsfot Windows"... I don't understand the reason of this problem, could you help me, thanks. Regards, Sebastien More. ______________________________________________________________________________ Vous avez un site perso ? 2 millions de francs ? gagner sur i(france) ! Webmasters : ZE CONCOURS ! http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/concours.emailif
Sounds like a normal NT browsing issue. Microsoft still thinks the world is flat (or at least that networks are). They're kind of still in the dark ages. Browse masters aquire their information via broadcasts, and broadcasts do not traverse routers by default, and other kinds of networks devices can be configured to restrict broadcast domains. And that, sir, is probably the cause of your problem. If the SAMBA box is on a segment where there is no other NT browse master then you need to configure SAMBA to announce itself to the remote browse master in the other segment. If you're using SWAT the param is fairly self-evident (called remote browser or something like that -- I'm not at a place where I can take a look and be precise). You need to provide the name or IP of that other box. If you are in a segment with a browse master already in place, it needs to share its information with the remote master. -- Rob --On 10/02/00 12:35:21 PM +0000 sebcreaweb@ifrance.com wrote:> > Hi! > > I have configure samba in the file smb.conf and after > launch "testparm", i have not errors. > And when i launch /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb start, it's ok > but in a distant PC (System NT), i don't see my Linux > server in the "Network Microsfot Windows"... > I don't understand the reason of this problem, could > you help me, thanks. > > Regards, > > Sebastien More. > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > _________ Vous avez un site perso ? > 2 millions de francs ? gagner sur i(france) ! > Webmasters : ZE CONCOURS ! > http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/concours.emailif > > >_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ /\_\_\_\_\ /\_\ /\_\_\_\_\_\ /\/_/_/_/_/ /\/_/ \/_/_/_/_/_/ QUIDQUID LATINE DICTUM SIT, /\/_/__\/_/ __ /\/_/ /\/_/ PROFUNDUM VIDITUR /\/_/_/_/_/ /\_\ /\/_/ /\/_/ /\/_/ \/_/ /\/_/_/\/_/ /\/_/ (Whatever is said in Latin \/_/ \/_/ \/_/_/_/_/ \/_/ appears profound) Rob Tanner UNIX and Networks Manager Linfield College, McMinnville OR (503) 434-2558 <rtanner@linfield.edu>