Hello all, I've read some information on this list regarding WINS in the past, but a search of the mailing list archives didn't turn up any matches for this particular problem (I may have searched poorly). Our network is split into a couple of different subnets, subnet1 and subnet2. Our Samba servers are on subnet1. Our Samba Domain Controller is setup as our WINS server and our print server. The other Samba servers are file servers. Lately, we've been having occasional problems with printing. Client machines on subnet2 seem to lose all of their network printers (which are simply shares on our PDC on subnet1). So, I've been doing some sniffing (ethereal) to try and see what the problem may be. One of the problems I've found is that our file servers aren't registering with our WINS server. Whenever a client on subnet2 queries the WINS serveron subnet1 "Name query NB EMPSRV <20>" The WINS server responds: "Name query response NB 8.0.69.16" AND, it sets the flags, stating: "Requested name does not exist" 8.0.69.16 is not an address on our network. The client eventually resorts to a DNS lookup and then it resolves the name. But, I don't understand why the name isn't resolving via WINS. We have a couple of NT servers on our network, as well. And, when clients query the WINS server for their names, the names resolve via WINS just fine. I'm thinking I must have misconfigured our Samba servers. Can someone point me in the right direction? Bob -- Saint Joseph's College -- bobd@saintjoe.edu | http://www.saintjoe.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Administrative Computing Center, Bob Dusek... 219-866-6371 To use violence is to already be defeated. --Chinese proverb
Cool... I've attached two conf files... one for the PDC/WINS server, and one for a file server. The WINS server doesn't seem to know about the file server when a client queries it for the file server's address. Herb Lewis wrote:> > Bob Dusek wrote: > > > > > > Can someone point me in the right direction? > > > > Bob > > It would help if you posted the smb.conf file of the samba server > (minus all comment lines). > > -- > =====================================================================> Herb Lewis Silicon Graphics > Networking Engineer 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy MS-510 > Strategic Software Organization Mountain View, CA 94043-1351 > herb@sgi.com Tel: 650-933-2177 > http://www.sgi.com Fax: 650-932-2177 > =====================================================================-- Saint Joseph's College -- bobd@saintjoe.edu | http://www.saintjoe.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Administrative Computing Center, Bob Dusek... 219-866-6371 To use violence is to already be defeated. --Chinese proverb
Cool... I've attached two conf files... one for the PDC/WINS server, and one for a file server. The WINS server doesn't seem to know about the file server when a client queries it for the file server's address. Herb Lewis wrote:> > Bob Dusek wrote: > > > > > > Can someone point me in the right direction? > > > > Bob > > It would help if you posted the smb.conf file of the samba server > (minus all comment lines). > > -- > =====================================================================> Herb Lewis Silicon Graphics > Networking Engineer 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy MS-510 > Strategic Software Organization Mountain View, CA 94043-1351 > herb@sgi.com Tel: 650-933-2177 > http://www.sgi.com Fax: 650-932-2177 > =====================================================================-- Saint Joseph's College -- bobd@saintjoe.edu | http://www.saintjoe.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Administrative Computing Center, Bob Dusek... 219-866-6371 To use violence is to already be defeated. --Chinese proverb -------------- next part -------------- [global] workgroup = SJC_NETWORK server string = Samba Server %v netbios name = Empsrv hosts allow = 131.93. interfaces = 131.93.0.60/255.255.128.0 invalid users = root share modes = yes dead time = 240 hide dot files = yes load printers = no fstype = Samba preserve case = yes short preserve case = yes max log size = 1000 security = server password server = admsrv.saintjoe.edu password level = 4 encrypt passwords = yes socket options = TCP_NODELAY local master = no preferred master = no os level = 200 domain master = no domain logons = no logon home = \\empsrv\%U logon path = \\empsrv\%U wins server = 131.93.0.59 name resolve order = wins hosts bcast lmhosts wins support = no wins proxy = no dns proxy = no share modes = yes debuglevel = 1 -------------- next part -------------- [global] workgroup = SJC_NETWORK server string = Samba PDC Server %v netbios name = admsrv netbios aliases = ptrsrv hosts allow = 131.93. admin users = smbadmin daved maryd jcm mattm invalid users = root interfaces = 131.93.0.59/255.255.128.0 share modes = yes dead time = 180 hide dot files = yes printing = bsd printcap name = /etc/printcap fstype = Samba load printers = no preserve case = yes short preserve case = yes security = user password level = 4 encrypt passwords = yes socket options = TCP_NODELAY local master = yes preferred master = yes os level = 255 domain master = yes domain logons = yes logon home = \\admsrv2\%U logon path = \\admsrv2\%U logon drive = Y: logon script = %U.bat name resolve order = hosts wins lmhosts bcast wins support = yes wins proxy = no dns proxy = no time server = yes share modes = yes debuglevel = 1