samba - Dec 1997 - domain logons across subnets

hi,

I tried to make a win95 machine to perform a domain-logon to
an NT server, which is in a diferent subnet, behind a linux-router.
on this linux-router, I also installed samba.

I noticed in log.nmbd, that the client always queries for
a "0x1c" type, but never gets a response from nmbd.

Thus , I "hacked" the "wins.dat" file, and restartet nmbd:

HBLADOMAIN#1e 883484202 255.255.255.255 ffe0R
HBLADOMAIN#1c 883484202 192.168.1.253 ffe0R
HBLADOMAIN#00 883484205 255.255.255.255 ffe0R

the "1c" entry was put in there by me.

Suddenly, domain-logons worked. (192.168.1.253 is the IP-adresse
of the NT-machine).

a) what is the correct way to do that ? (lmhosts entry ?)
b) why did it work ?

thanks in advance,
h.rosmanith

Hello all.

I have a network with four subnets, across which samba cannot broadcast.
All of my servers are on one subnet, but I have several Win95
workstations on another subnet, and they need to be able to logon to the
samba server. I have domain logons configured and working correctly for
servers in the same subnet.

I can get it to work by specifying the WINS server in Win95, but
whenever any of the IP information is changed in windows it 'forgets'
the WINS server. This would be ok, except the security program we use
will not let users use the workstation without logging in, and if nobody
can log in we have no choice but to re-install windows (I know it sounds
stupid, but its true. AFAIK it's not possible to remove all of the keys
from the registry, there's too many).

I have tried connecting a linux box w/samba and putting it in the other
subnet and having the primary server remote announce/sync browse lists
with it, but that will not let me do domain logons.

I am sorry for posting to a list that I am not subscribed to, but I get
way too much email already and one more list would probably either kill
my mail server or kill me, so please CC replies to
jeff@zaius.dyndns.org.

Thanks in advance -
-- 
-Jeff Thompson
jeff@zaius.org, jeff@artifex.org, jeff@kinkaid.org

Five is a sufficiently close approximation to infinity.

Jeff wrote:
| I can get it to work by specifying the WINS server in Win95, but
| whenever any of the IP information is changed in windows it 'forgets'
| the WINS server.

	Do you have the address of the WINS server in **both** fields
	in the win95 WINS tab?  There is a bug that quietly removes
	it something like half the time, which drove me nuts a while back.
	
	This tab changed in later versions, seemingly at the same
	time as the bug got fixed...
	
	Failing that, can you force the right information down Windows'
	throat with a DHCP server?
	
--dave
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