samba - Feb 2000 - DHCP & interfaces

Setup: I am running a fresh install of RedHat 6.1 with Samba 2.0.5a installed.
My samba machine receives its ip address through a WinNT DHCP server.

Problem: When I start Samba, it tries to use the loopback adapter to broadcast
its NetBios messages accoridng to tcpdump.

Solution #1: Set interface to use in smb.conf file.

This is rejected since the address of the interface is issued by the DHCP
server, i.e., it changes frequently forcing me to change the smb.conf
frequently.

Solution #2: Fix /etc/hosts file as specified in GOTCHAS.txt.

I changed the entry in /etc/hosts from

127.0.0.1 LinuxStation.ourdomain.com loopback
to
127.0.0.1 loopback

This resulted in nmbd spitting out errors about not being able to find the IP
address of LINUXSTATION (the samba host's name). Since this is a DHCP
device,
there is no entry in /etc/host of the form

205.123.45.001 LinuxStation.ourdomain.com


So....

How exactly are you supposed to get a samba server working on a machine that is
assigned its ip address through DHCP?

Doug Haigh

Hi Doug,

You could ensure that your dhcp server always assigns the same address to
your Samba server. In the dhcpd.conf man pages, it explains how to hand out
static IPs to clients.

At 08:57 AM 2/17/2000 +1100, Doug Haigh wrote:
>
>Setup: I am running a fresh install of RedHat 6.1 with Samba 2.0.5a
installed.
>My samba machine receives its ip address through a WinNT DHCP server.
>
>Problem: When I start Samba, it tries to use the loopback adapter to
broadcast
>its NetBios messages accoridng to tcpdump.
>
>Solution #1: Set interface to use in smb.conf file.
>
>This is rejected since the address of the interface is issued by the DHCP
>server, i.e., it changes frequently forcing me to change the smb.conf
>frequently.
>
>Solution #2: Fix /etc/hosts file as specified in GOTCHAS.txt.
>
>I changed the entry in /etc/hosts from
>
>127.0.0.1 LinuxStation.ourdomain.com loopback
>to
>127.0.0.1 loopback
>
>This resulted in nmbd spitting out errors about not being able to find the
IP
>address of LINUXSTATION (the samba host's name). Since this is a DHCP
device,
>there is no entry in /etc/host of the form
>
>205.123.45.001 LinuxStation.ourdomain.com
>
>
>So....
>
>How exactly are you supposed to get a samba server working on a machine
that is
>assigned its ip address through DHCP?
Regards,

Clifford Ilkay
Dinamis Corporation
3266 Yonge Street, Suite 1419
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M4N 3P6

Voice/Fax: 416-410-3326

mailto:clifford_ilkay@dinamis.com

CLIFFORD ILKAY wrote:
> 
> Hi Doug,
> 
> You could ensure that your dhcp server always assigns the same address to
> your Samba server. In the dhcpd.conf man pages, it explains how to hand out
> static IPs to clients.
Samba 2.0.6 allows an interface *name* to be used in
the interfaces line - eg.

interfaces = eth0

This should fix the problem.

Regards,

	Jeremy Allison,
	Samba Team.

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>Samba 2.0.6 allows an interface *name* to be used in the interfaces line -
eg.
>
>interfaces = eth0
>
>This should fix the problem.
>
>Regards,
>
>    Jeremy Allison,
>    Samba Team.
It did. Thanks.

Doug