Problem: Can not see or find Samba server from Win 95 (version B) machine
When using network neighborhood or the "find computer" function All of
our Win 95 version B machines can not see or find our Unix/Samba server in
the network neighborhood; however, our Win 95 version A machines can see
and find the Unix/Samba server.
What the heck is the problem?
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> 1) subscribe samba Steve Fisher
> by "Steve Fisher" <stevef@teleord.co.uk>
> 2) can see unix box, but...
> by "J. Lasser" <lasser@wauug.erols.com>
> 3) Samba Problems
> by Boorman Tim <Boorman.Tim@Lusis.com>
> 4) smblient can't see sometimes...
> by Martin Mielke <martin@jaleo.idecnet.com>
> 5) Re: Samba Problems
> by "Darrin M. Gorski" <dgorski@ford.com>
> 6) Interactive Unix
> by "Maung, Than" <maungt@BRAGG.ARMY.MIL>
> 7) Re: HELP : Getting Samba to authenticate against YP (NIS)
> by Todd Pfaff <todd@edge.cis.mcmaster.ca>
> 8) DNS Lookups
> by Jared Hall <jhall@tbi.net>
> 9) several question
> by Kun Li <likun@bjaimail.asiainfo.com>
> 10) Re: DNS Lookups
> by Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl@switchboard.net>
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>Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 14:52:42 +0000
>From: "Steve Fisher" <stevef@teleord.co.uk>
>To: samba@anu.edu.au
>Subject: subscribe samba Steve Fisher
>Message-ID: <199709241353.NAA16302@wombat.teleordering.co.uk>
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>| NOTE: All opinions expressed are my own and do
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>Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 10:31:30 -0400
>From: "J. Lasser" <lasser@wauug.erols.com>
>To: samba@anu.edu.au
>Subject: can see unix box, but...
>Message-ID: <19970924103130.44761@rwd.goucher.edu>
>
>if you click on it from a 95/NT box, you get a "network path not
found"
>error. What does this mean? I couldn't find it in the FAQ...
>
>(I'm not on the list, so please CC all replies to me personally...
>thanks...)
>
>Jon Lasser
>--
>Jon Lasser (410)383-7962 lasser@wauug.erols.com
>http://wauug.erols.com/~lasser/ PGP key = 1024/EC001E4D
> "Flap your ears, Dumbo! The feather was only a trick!"
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>Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 16:01:39 -0000
>From: Boorman Tim <Boorman.Tim@Lusis.com>
>To: "'samba@listproc.anu.edu.au'" <samba@anu.edu.au>
>Subject: Samba Problems
>Message-ID: <B0000014434@mimesweeper.bridgend>
>
>I have a couple of problems with Samba that I would appreciate help
>with:
>
>1. Since installing version 1.9.17p1, error messages such as "ERROR:
>set_share_mode: failed to ftruncate share mode file
>/var/smb/locks/share.9175085.1500224 to size 42 (Permission denied)"
are
>appearing in log.smb.
>
>2. When a directory on a UNIX machine contains a file named *, this file
>appears with the name ~16 in Windows Explorer. If this file is deleted
>using Windows Explorer, all the files in the directory on the UNIX
>machine are deleted.
>
>Regards,
> Tim
>
>> Tim Boorman
>> UNIX Systems Support
>> Lusis Limited, Technology Drive, Bridgend Science Park, Bridgend,
>> United Kingdom CF31 3UJ
>> Extension: 44966
>> Direct Line: +44 (0)1656 765966
>> Mobile: +44 (0)468 647495
>> Email: boorman.tim@lusis.com
>>
>>
>
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>
>Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 17:53:37 +0100
>From: Martin Mielke <martin@jaleo.idecnet.com>
>To: Samba Mailing List <samba@arvidsjaur.anu.edu.au>
>Subject: smblient can't see sometimes...
>Message-ID: <34294591.59E2@jaleo.idecnet.com>
>
>Hello all,
>
>it's strange. I've installed SAMBA twice, always with success.
I've gone
>through the DIANOSIS.txt tests without problems and SAMBA works fine for
>us.
>The reason for this email: when I use smbclient -L $SERVER to see the
>shares on a PC box, I sometimes miss something. Take the following as
>example:
>
># smbclient -L pivita
>Added interface ip=192.1.1.21 bcast=192.1.1.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
>Server time is Wed Sep 24 17:42:32 1997
>Timezone is UTC-7.0
>
>Server=[PIVITA] User=[] Workgroup=[JALEO] Domain=[]
>
> Sharename Type Comment
> --------- ---- -------
> ADMIN$ Disk
> C$ Disk
> D$ Disk
> DESKJET 520 Printer
> DOLORES Disk
> IPC$ IPC Remote Inter Process Communication
> PRINTER$ Disk
>
>NOTE: There were share names longer than 8 chars.
>On older clients these may not be accessible or may give browsing errors
>
>that's all OK. But I also have gotten this:
>
>
># smbclient -L pivita
>Added interface ip=192.1.1.21 bcast=192.1.1.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
>Server time is Wed Sep 24 17:42:32 1997
>Timezone is UTC-7.0
>
>Server=[PIVITA] User=[] Workgroup=[JALEO] Domain=[]
>
> Sharename Type Comment
> --------- ---- -------
> ADMIN$ Disk
> DESKJET 520 Printer
> DOLORES Disk
> IPC$ IPC Remote Inter Process Communication
> PRINTER$ Disk
>
>NOTE: There were share names longer than 8 chars.
>On older clients these may not be accessible or may give browsing errors
>
>As you see, C$ and D$ are lost somewhere... is there any way to see/use
>them even though if they are not listed?
>What is happening here for this to happen?... is there any known
>solution?
>
>SAMBA (1.9.16p11) is running on a SGI under IRIX 6.2 and the problems
>arise with Win95 boxes. I still haven't experienced such a case with
>NT's.
>
>
>Thanks in advance and best regards,
>
>M@rtin
>--
>==================================>Martin Mielke
>Jaleo Development Office - SysAdmin
>martin@jaleo.idecnet.com
>Tel.: ++ 34 28 262299
>Fax : ++ 34 28 263504
>==================================>
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>
>Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 15:13:32 -0400 (EDT)
>From: "Darrin M. Gorski" <dgorski@ford.com>
>To: Boorman Tim <Boorman.Tim@lusis.com>
>Cc: Multiple recipients of list <samba@samba.anu.edu.au>
>Subject: Re: Samba Problems
>Message-ID: <199709241922.AA04606@mailfw2.ford.com>
>
>
>I'm curious; why on earth would anyone/anything create a file called
'*'?>
>I've seen this question before, but I've not figured out if people
are
>trying to bulletproof a system, or if they actually get files called
'*'?>
>>From DOS (Win-whatever) if you 'del *', only files without a
'.' in
them>would be removed, so it sounds to me like Samba is expanding the
>wildcard, not DOS.
>
>If this is the case, would one need to be concerned with other wilcard
>characters?
>
>Would a file called '`ls -d /`*' remove all of the files in the
root?
>
>
>On Thu, 25 Sep 1997, Boorman Tim wrote:
>
>> I have a couple of problems with Samba that I would appreciate help
>> with:
>>
>> 2. When a directory on a UNIX machine contains a file named *, this
file>> appears with the name ~16 in Windows Explorer. If this file is deleted
>> using Windows Explorer, all the files in the directory on the UNIX
>> machine are deleted.
>
> [Darrin]
>
> "I have no special gift. I am only passionately curious."
> - A. Einstein
>
>Darrin M. Gorski, Research Computer Systems Network Support
>Scientific Research Laboratories, Ford Motor Company
>Internet: dgorski@ford.com | Tel/Fax: +1 (313) 248-3753
>
>
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>
>Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 15:25:01 -0400
>From: "Maung, Than" <maungt@BRAGG.ARMY.MIL>
>To: "'samba@samba.anu.edu.au'"
<samba@samba.anu.edu.au>
>Subject: Interactive Unix
>Message-ID: <5116B73B522CD1118DA200C06C7034850113E7@EX11434AA144>
>
>Can anybody tell where I can find SAMBA source/binary for SUN's
>Interactive Unix.
>
>Thanks
>
>Than M MAung
>
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>
>Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 16:35:03 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Todd Pfaff <todd@edge.cis.mcmaster.ca>
>To: Multiple recipients of list <samba@samba.anu.edu.au>
>Cc: A.N.Farrow@cranfield.ac.uk, cbrady@ind.tansu.com.au
>Subject: Re: HELP : Getting Samba to authenticate against YP (NIS)
>Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.970924162642.6783H-100000@edge>
>
>On Wed, 24 Sep 1997 samba@samba.anu.edu.au wrote:
>
>> Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 11:58:15 +1000 (EST)
>> From: Charlie Brady <cbrady@ind.tansu.com.au>
>> To: "A.Farrow" <A.N.Farrow@cranfield.ac.uk>
>> Subject: Re: HELP : Getting Samba to authenticate against YP (NIS)
>> Message-ID:
<Pine.GSO.3.96.970924115153.3814L-100000@hawk.ind.tansu.com
.au>>>
>>
>> On Wed, 24 Sep 1997, A.Farrow wrote:
>>
>> > However, I recently heard (although I cannot place the source)
that
Samba>> > could authenticate against a YP Server. If this is true, then I am
assuming>> > that this will eliminate the need for a smbpasswd file, and I
would
then>>
>> Getting samba to authenticate against a YP server should be easy to
>> implement if it doesn't happen already.
>
>this is true only if you're using 'encrypt passwords = no',
correct?
>
>> > only have to keep YP and
>> > NT in synchronisation. Still a task, but one less thing to do, and
more>> > importantly
>> > one less thing to get out of synch.
>>
>> There is a (in development) package called nisGINA to get NT to
>> authenticate against a YP server. This should do the trick.
>
>i asked about nisgina recently but didn't get any response. i'm
happily
>using nisgina-1.0.2.0 on my nt 4.0 workstation. what isn't working for
me>is the sambapasswdd program which allows nisgina to update the smbpasswd
>entry based on the nis password. is anyone else successfully using
>sambapasswdd on their samba/nis server?
>
>--
>Todd Pfaff \ Email: pfaff@mcmaster.ca
>Computing and Information Services \ Voice: (905) 525-9140 x22920
>ABB 132 \ FAX: (905) 528-3773
>McMaster University \
>Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4M1 \
>
>
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>
>Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 22:04:48 -0400
>From: Jared Hall <jhall@tbi.net>
>To: samba@samba.anu.edu.au
>Subject: DNS Lookups
>Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.19970925020448.008b9374@mail.tbi.net>
>
>V. 1.9.17p1, FreeBSD.
>
>Why is it that SAMBA will do a DNS lookup for a WINS host (that is not
>in DNS), even though nmblookup returns the IP address straightaway?
>
>The problem I'm having is that my dialup connection is activated when
DNS>packets are detected. This seems to happen all the time, even though no
>traffic is destined for the Internet. SMB seems to work fine.
>
>Any pointers appreciated.
>
>~~ Jared Hall ~~~~~~~ Tampa Bay Interactive
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1314 Tampa Rd, #120
>~~ jhall@tbi.net ~~~~ Palm Harbor, FL 34683
>~~ (813) 781-2209 ~~~ (http://www.tbi.net)
>
>Telecom Corner - http://www.tbi.net/~jhall
>
>
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>
>Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 10:48:33 +0800
>From: Kun Li <likun@bjaimail.asiainfo.com>
>To: 'samba_list' <samba@samba.anu.edu.au>
>Subject: several question
>Message-ID:
<c=US%a=_%l=ACER9000-970925024833Z-23@bjaimail.asiainfo.com>
>
>I'm new to this list . So first all I will express my appreciation
>for your help.
>
>recently I setup samba server on my sun sparc 4 for using as a
>document center. What I need is a place to put our file , and all
>of my group could create file of his own , and have the read
>permission to all file and write permission to the only file he
>created . Other people out of my group should have only the read
>permission to all the file. all our client environment is Win95
>and I'd like all people can browse my samba server , so I run
>sambd and nmbd on my samba server .
>
>Now it's the question:
>
>If I want everyone visit my sabma server through the network neighbor
>function on the Win95 , I guess I must set up the guest account
>parameter as pcguest in my sam.conf file , and the write list parameter
>point to my group. So everyone of the world can visit the samba
>server , and so do my group , but when my group visit the sabma server
>through the network neighbor function , he can't get the write
>permission, because the samba server recognize him as pcguest user , so
>it doesn't think this user is belonging to my group. This is the
>problem. How can I let the samba server partition my group from the
>pcguest user ?
>
>So I was using the driver map function to visit the samba server , but
>after I first mapped a driver to the samba server , the next time
>starting up the Win95 and visited the mapped driver , I got
"permission
>
>denied" prompt . So I must unmap then remap the driver to the samba
>server, it's so bother . Is there a way through it ?
>
>another problem is when I open my network neighbor function , usually I
>can see all the machine , about 200 , in our network , but now sometime
>I can see the samba server , and sometime I can't see the samba server
>,
>sometime I can only see the samba server , other machine on our network
>all disappear . So strange ! do you have any hints ?
>
>thank you for your help again.
>likun@asiainf.com
>
>
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>
>Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 13:29:35 +0100 (BST)
>From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl@switchboard.net>
>To: Jared Hall <jhall@tbi.net>
>Subject: Re: DNS Lookups
>Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970925132809.4277D-100000@cb1-gw.cb1.com>
>
>On Thu, 25 Sep 1997, Jared Hall wrote:
>
>> V. 1.9.17p1, FreeBSD.
>>
>> Why is it that SAMBA will do a DNS lookup for a WINS host (that is not
>> in DNS), even though nmblookup returns the IP address straightaway?
>>
>> The problem I'm having is that my dialup connection is activated
when
DNS>> packets are detected. This seems to happen all the time, even though
no>> traffic is destined for the Internet. SMB seems to work fine.
>
>set [global] option "dns proxy" to no. this was the default
>functionality for 1.9.16 and 1.9.15, which is now under parameter
control.>
>the lookups are caused because you probably have a different DNS name
>from NetBIOS name for one of your hosts, or the machine being queried is
>not switched on.
>
>
>
>Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton (lkcl@switchboard.net)
>Web site under construction (http://mailhost.cb1.com/~lkcl)
>"Confront difficulties while they are still easy"
>
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