samba - Feb 2006 - My Network Places not finding Samba server

I assume I am doing(or not) something extremely simple that is causing my
XP boxes to not see my linux(FC4) Samba server in the 'My Network
Places'.

I can access the shares by 'Map Network Drive' and using the IP 
address(192.168.0.1).
I have set the workgroup name 'DAMEN' in the lmhosts file.
192.168.0.1 DAMEN

I have set the workgroup in the smb.conf file.
        workgroup = damen
        netbios name = damen
I have configured the Samba server to be the Domain Master Browser
        os level = 35
   domain master = yes
        preferred master = yes
   wins support = yes
I have configured the [global] to be browseable.
        browseable = yes
        public = yes


I have set the XP box to be on a home network(not bussiness network) and 
workgroup to DAMEN.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Fred

Hi,
> I assume I am doing(or not) something extremely simple that 
> is causing my
> XP boxes to not see my linux(FC4) Samba server in the 'My 
> Network Places'.
> 
> I can access the shares by 'Map Network Drive' and using the IP 
> address(192.168.0.1).
> I have set the workgroup name 'DAMEN' in the lmhosts file.
> 192.168.0.1 DAMEN
> 
> I have set the workgroup in the smb.conf file.
>         workgroup = damen
>         netbios name = damen
> I have configured the Samba server to be the Domain Master Browser
>         os level = 35
>    domain master = yes
>         preferred master = yes
>    wins support = yes
your samba ist acting as a wins server, so tell your xp boxes to use it.
that should help.


greetings

torsten

I assume I am doing(or not) something extremely simple that is causing
my XP boxes to not see my linux(FC4) Samba server in the 'My Network 
Places'.

I can access the shares by 'Map Network Drive' and using the IP
address(192.168.0.1).
I have set the workgroup name 'DAMEN' in the lmhosts file.
192.168.0.1 DAMEN

I have set the workgroup in the smb.conf file.
        workgroup = damen
        netbios name = damen
I have configured the Samba server to be the Domain Master Browser
        os level = 35
   domain master = yes
        preferred master = yes
   wins support = yes
I have configured the [global] to be browseable.
        browseable = yes
        public = yes


I have set the XP box to be on a home network(not bussiness network) and
workgroup to DAMEN.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Fred

Thanks.  I set the WINS server to the ip of the box running smbd/nmbd.
There is no change in browsing from 'My Network Places'.
I tried 'net view \\192.168.0.1\' from the XP 'cmd' window and
received
the correct output expected.
I tried 'net view \\DAD\' and 'net view \\DAMEN\' in the XP cmd
window
and received:
System error 53 has occurred.

The network path was not found.

While setting the 'smbcontrol nmbd debug 10' the nmbd.log file logs
[2006/02/22 11:47:49, 4] nmbd/nmbd_workgroupdb.c:dump_workgroups(284)
  dump_workgroups()
   dump workgroup on subnet     192.168.0.1: netmask=    255.255.0.0:
        WORKGROUP(2) current master browser = MONEY
        DAMEN(1) current master browser = DAD
                DAD 400c9a03 (Damen Samba Server)
                BABYDRAGON 40011203 (Sue's Computer)
                FREDDYDAMEN 40001003 (Freddy Damen's Computer)
and everything else does not indicate an error has occurred.

Also I tried what I think is the linux equilvant for the net view -> ' 
smbclient //DAD/'
I receive at the tty
Password:
Domain=[DAD] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.14a-2]
tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME

and in the messages file
Feb 22 11:53:14 www smbd[2420]: [2006/02/22 11:53:14, 0] 
smbd/service.c:make_connection(794)
Feb 22 11:53:14 www smbd[2420]:   dad (192.168.0.1) couldn't find service

I get this response with the workgroup, lmhost name or ip address.

' smbclient -L dad -U%' gives the correct responce expected.

Thanks,

Fred

Chris Lounsbury wrote:
>Do you have the wins servers IP address setup on your xp box?  I had this
problem when I first set up our network and adding the wins server IP address to
the xp machines tcpip settings solved it.
>Chris
>
>
>  
>
>>>>"Frederick C. Damen" <fred@damen.org> 2/21/2006
9:11:47 PM >>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>I changed the smb.conf to have a different NetBios Name then the 
>workgroup 'DAMEN'.
>There does not appear to any change from the XP 'My Network Places'
>Although the nmbd.log indicates that the name DAMEN<00> is not found.
>[2006/02/21 21:24:14, 1] 
>nmbd/nmbd_incomingrequests.c:process_node_status_request(328)
>  process_node_status_request: status request for name DAMEN<00> from
IP
>192.168.0.1 on subnet UNICAST_SUBNET -
>name not found.
>[2006/02/21 21:24:16, 1] 
>nmbd/nmbd_incomingrequests.c:process_node_status_request(328)
>  process_node_status_request: status request for name DAMEN<00> from
IP
>192.168.0.1 on subnet UNICAST_SUBNET -
>name not found.
>
>Although  'nmblookup DAMEN' finds the name when executed on the
linux
>box upon which smbd/nmbd is running.
>querying DAMEN on 192.168.255.255
>192.168.0.1 DAMEN<00>
>
>This appear to (not)work the same with or without DAMEN listed in the 
>lmhosts file.
>Do I need to list the workgroup name somewhere else also?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Fred
>
>
>Frederick C. Damen wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Thanks. I removed the entry for DAMEN from lmhosts and restart smb/nmb 
>>and
>>no change that I can see.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Fred
>>
>>Kristaps R*ts wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>Having the machine name equal to the workgroup name is a no-no, as
far
>>>as I know.
>>>
>>>On O , 2006-02-21 at 08:15 -0600, Frederick C. Damen wrote:
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>I assume I am doing(or not) something extremely simple that is
causing
>>>>my XP boxes to not see my linux(FC4) Samba server in the 'My
Network
>>>>Places'.
>>>>
>>>>I can access the shares by 'Map Network Drive' and using
the IP
>>>>address(192.168.0.1).
>>>>I have set the workgroup name 'DAMEN' in the lmhosts
file.
>>>>192.168.0.1 DAMEN
>>>>
>>>>I have set the workgroup in the smb.conf file.
>>>>       workgroup = damen
>>>>       netbios name = damen
>>>>I have configured the Samba server to be the Domain Master
Browser
>>>>       os level = 35
>>>>  domain master = yes
>>>>       preferred master = yes
>>>>  wins support = yes
>>>>I have configured the [global] to be browseable.
>>>>       browseable = yes
>>>>       public = yes
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I have set the XP box to be on a home network(not bussiness
network)
>>>>and
>>>>workgroup to DAMEN.
>>>>
>>>>Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>Fred
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>        
>>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>
>  
>