I am currenlt using samba 2.0.2 but i remember having this problem with older releases too. Everything works fine but no matter what i do (user/share security level ; domain master=yes/no ;local master=yes/no etc.) the windozes (win98) can see my samba server only if i do start/find - computer. They can't see it in Network Neighborhood... Linux 2.2.1 Thanx. --- Andrei Postolache, and@lspvs.sorosis.ro, +40-35360249 An ideal world: no stupids, no 16800 bps connections and Windows works. ---
When the world was young, Andrei <and@lspvs.sorosis.ro> carved some runes like this:> I am currenlt using samba 2.0.2 but i remember having this problem > with older releases too. Everything works fine but no matter what i do > (user/share security level ; domain master=yes/no ;local master=yes/no > etc.) the windozes (win98) can see my samba server only if i do start/find > - computer. They can't see it in Network Neighborhood...Browsing (and thus NetHood functionality) is dependent on NetBIOS name resolution working properly (and is a function of nmbd, not smbd). This means that, even with samba doing local or domain browse-master stuff, you still need a way to resolve NetBIOS names to addresses (just like DNS, /etc/hosts). You will either need to run samba as a WINS server (or use the WINS services of an NT machine somewhere) or use lmhosts files on the clients (also on the samba box if you want smbclient to resolve windoze boxes). We also had browsing hose periodically due to too much coax on our LAN... Steve ************************************************************ Stephen L. Arnold arnold.steve@ensco.com Linux: It's not just for nerds anymore...
I saw this message posted while I was catching up on previous digests. We've had similar problems with Samba machine showing up in the Network Browser. Some would, while others (running the same version and virtually identical smb.conf files) wouldn't. About a month ago I saw a post on here about the length of the Server Description tag in the smb.conf causing this problem. I shortened the length and a lo' and behold, the server was now appearing in the Browse lists on our Windoze hosts. Not sure if this was already relayed to you, but I didn't see it in subsequent digests. Greg> Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 06:04:52 +0200 (EET) > From: Andrei > To: samba@samba.anu.edu.au > Subject: can't get in Network Neighborhood - need help > Message-ID: > > > I am currenlt using samba 2.0.2 but i remember having this problem > with older releases too. Everything works fine but no matter what i do > (user/share security level ; domain master=yes/no ;local master=yes/no > etc.) the windozes (win98) can see my samba server only if i do > start/find - computer. They can't see it in Network Neighborhood... > > Linux 2.2.1 > > Thanx. > > --- > Andrei Postolache, and@lspvs.sorosis.ro, +40-35360249 > An ideal world: no stupids, no 16800 bps connections and Windows works. >