Hi, I have a strange problem with a domain member server. The Samba3 domain master/wins server can not lookup the host. Workstations that are trying to connect to the server appear to be having trouble finding it (network path not found). nmblookup problemserver querying problemserver on 192.168.0.255 name_query failed to find name problemserver rigel:/var/lib/samba# nmblookup otherserver querying otherserver on 192.168.0.255 192.168.0.152 otherserver<00> To get around the problem, I have manually added the server into /var/lib/samba/wins.dat. I am having to add it every day. Does anyone have any advice as to what the problem might be or where to begin chasing it down. Thanks, Dermot.
From: Dermot <paikkos at googlemail.com> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:02:55 +0000> I have a strange problem with a domain member server. The Samba3 > domain master/wins server can not lookup the host. Workstations that > are trying to connect to the server appear to be having trouble > finding it (network path not found).Is "Workstation" service enabled on the server? The correct WINS server is set on the server? And to connect with \\<server's IP address> is success? Firewall on the server is potentially blocked the neccesary connection. Have you checked the firewall settings on the server?> To get around the problem, I have manually added the server into > /var/lib/samba/wins.dat. I am having to add it every day.You can set an entry statically like: "problemserver#20" 0 w.x.y.z 66R #20 means NetBIOS suffix. 66R means: 0x60 (registered by H-node) + 0x04 (active) + 0x02 (static) + "R" --- TAKAHASHI Motonobu <monyo at samba.gr.jp>