samba - Sep 1999 - How to browse the samba server from different group?

Hi,
   I installed the Samba server 2.0.3 on LInux 2.2.5.  I can browse the server
from a win95 client in the same work group.  But failed if the workgroup is
different. How To solve it? Thanks a lot.
Regards,
Zhou

Here's how I do it:

First, make sure it's not a Windows Explorer problem. Do the following:

net view \\myserver

If you see the shares there, it's win9x's quirky explorer. More on that
later. If you don't see the shares there, on the Linux box do

smbclient -NL myserver

If you don't see the shares there, something's wrong with your smb.conf
browseability. Make sure your global section does not have browse list=no,
and make sure your shares have browseable=yes.

If you can browse with net view but not with explorer, it's likely the
result of no browser election thus no winner. Here's what I do to fix that:

[global]
netbios name=myserver       #make it findable
preferred master=yes        #force browser election on startup
local master=yes            #throw your hat in the ring
os level=65                 #outspend your NT opponents
domain master=yes           #completely rig the election

NOTE: Do not put in the comments! -- they only work at the start of the
line. I've included them at the end of the line for easy illustration only.

Steve Litt


At 03:12 PM 09/24/1999 +1000, you wrote:
>Hi,
>   I installed the Samba server 2.0.3 on LInux 2.2.5.  I can browse the
server
>from a win95 client in the same work group.  But failed if the workgroup is
>different. How To solve it? Thanks a lot.
>Regards,
>Zhou
>

Thanks a lot for your help. But still it doesn't work. 
 I set "wins support = yes" in smb.conf. 
>Date:    Fri, 24 Sep 1999 09:19:34 -0400
>From:    Steve Litt <slitt@troubleshooters.com>
>To:        samba@samba.org
>Subject: Re: How to browse the samba server from different group?
>Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19990924091934.00a956a0@mail.pacificnet.net>
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>Here's how I do it:
>First, make sure it's not a Windows Explorer problem. Do the following:
>net view \\myserver
 can not connect the server.
>If you see the shares there, it's win9x's quirky explorer. More on
that
>later. If you don't see the shares there, on the Linux box do
>smbclient -NL myserver
  Yes, I see it.
  
>If you don't see the shares there, something's wrong with your
smb.conf
>browseability. Make sure your global section does not have browse list=no,
>and make sure your shares have browseable=yes.
 
 what can I do if neither net view nor explorer can browse the server?

>If you can browse with net view but not with explorer, it's likely the
>result of no browser election thus no winner. Here's what I do to fix
that:
>[global]
>netbios name=myserver            #make it findable
>preferred master=yes              #force browser election on startup
>local master=yes                      #throw your hat in the ring
>os level=65                                #outspend your NT opponents
>domain master=yes                    #completely rig the election
>NOTE: Do not put in the comments! -- they only work at the start of the
>line. I've included them at the end of the line for easy illustration
only.
>Steve Litt