Hello, - I have a small network with 3 linux machines and 3 M$ boxes. I am suddenly unable to see the linux machines in Network Neighborhood although I am able to access the printers, both of which are connected to a workstation. - Pinging between all the machines, bidirectionally, is possible. - I had smb server setup on 2 of the machines, but turned off smbd/nmbd on one of them, thinking this might be the cause of the problem. - Samba configuration is vanilla, except that all the shares are browsable and guest has access to the printers and a shared directory on the server machine. - Any help or pointers are appreciated TIA -- Keith Mastin kmastin@beechtree-its.com BeechTree Information Technology Services Inc. 137 Laird Drive M4G 3V5 Tel(416)696-6070 http://www.beechtree-its.com
Keith, It sounds like you have stopped your WINS server which previously was running on one of your machines, with the other two pointing at it for WINS services. Check "wins support = yes" in one machine's smb.conf, and that the other machines have "wins server = x.x.x.x" set to point to the fist machine. Your Windows clients also need to be pointed at your first machine for proper browsing to work. Hope this helps, Simon ------------------------------------------------------------- Simon Allenby - IT - Project Telecom email - simona@projtel.co.uk Direct line 01636 615200 ------------------------------------------------------------ This communication is confidential and is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you are not that person you are not permitted to make use of the information and you are requested to destroy the copy in your possession immediately. ------------------------------------------------------------
On Tue, 8 May 2001, Ingo Kappler wrote:>Am Dienstag, 8. Mai 2001 18:00 schrieben Sie: >> Hello, >> - I have a small network with 3 linux machines and 3 M$ boxes. I am >> suddenly unable to see the linux machines in Network Neighborhood > >I think you mean the samba linux machines.Yes> >> although I am able to access the printers, both of which are connected >> to a workstation. >> - Pinging between all the machines, bidirectionally, is possible. >> - I had smb server setup on 2 of the machines, but turned off >> smbd/nmbd on one of them, thinking this might be the cause of the >> problem. >> - Samba configuration is vanilla, except that all the shares are >> browsable and guest has access to the printers and a shared directory on >> the server machine. >> - Any help or pointers are appreciated >> TIA > >What is with: >domain master = Yes >wins support = Yes >maybe you give a netbios name ? >Hi Ingo. Domain master is set only on my domain manster, on all other boxes is no. Wins support makes one box wins server, on all other boxes is commented out. I cannot see howto set netbios name in smb.conf I am going to be using dns for wins resolution, so setting netbios name is moot, no? Also, is not setting net bios name a preparation for a network security issue? Thanks for the response? -- Keith Mastin kmastin@beechtree-its.com BeechTree Information Technology Services Inc. 137 Laird Drive M4G 3V5 Tel(416)696-6070 http://www.beechtree-its.com
Keith,>Hi Ingo. >Domain master is set only on my domain manster, on all other boxes is >no. Wins support makes one box wins server, on all other boxes is >commented out.Two things: It's correct that the entry is commented out on the other machines, but can you clarify that these other machines have "wins server x.x.x.x" pointing to the first one? Secondly, have you tried setting an "OS level" in the WINS server, to ensure it beats Windows machines in the election? Try doing a "nmblookup -M -" on one of your linux boxes, and make sure the WINS server is showing as the master.>I cannot see howto set netbios name in smb.conf >I am going to be using dns for wins resolution, so setting netbios name >is moot, no? Also, is not setting net bios name a preparation for a >network security issue? >Thanks for the response?To set a netbios name it's simply "netbios name = fred", and assuming this means you haven't set it, I think that's your problem. If you're using WINS, machines need netbios names. Hope this helps, Simon ------------------------------------------------------------- Simon Allenby - IT - Project Telecom email - simona@projtel.co.uk Direct line 01636 615200 ------------------------------------------------------------ This communication is confidential and is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you are not that person you are not permitted to make use of the information and you are requested to destroy the copy in your possession immediately. ------------------------------------------------------------