I remember hearing at one time that this might not be possible, but I'll throw the question up there anyways. I have 2 subnets: 172.28.x.x & 192.168.100.X The 2 subnets are connected via a VPN, so there are no blocked ports that I'm aware of. I have a Samba WINS Server on each subnet, and want to sync them together so that everybody can see everybody else. Is this possible via remote browse sync? My basic desire is to have 1 big happy Network Neighborhood. WOuld this be the right solution, or are more drastic measures needed? Thanks -- -Rob
Could you have one wins server in the the machine which connects the two networks? (Don't know nuthin' about VPN's.) Joel On Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 02:55:48PM -0500, Robert Dege wrote:> > I remember hearing at one time that this might not be possible, but I'll > throw the question up there anyways. > > I have 2 subnets: 172.28.x.x & 192.168.100.X The 2 subnets are > connected via a VPN, so there are no blocked ports that I'm aware of. > > I have a Samba WINS Server on each subnet, and want to sync them > together so that everybody can see everybody else. Is this possible via > remote browse sync?
|From: samba-admin@lists.samba.org |[mailto:samba-admin@lists.samba.org]On |Behalf Of Robert Dege |Sent: 25 January 2002, Friday 14:56 |To: samba@lists.samba.org |Subject: Syncing WINS [snip] | |I have 2 subnets: 172.28.x.x & 192.168.100.X The 2 subnets are |connected via a VPN, so there are no blocked ports that I'm aware of. | |I have a Samba WINS Server on each subnet, and want to sync them |together so that everybody can see everybody else. Is this |possible via |remote browse sync? If you use samba as a WINS server, you should have one and only one. Otherwise you will create havoc everywhere on your net. remote browse sync deals with syncing browse lists and nothing more. The correct way to do this, I believe (as it's worked for me), is to point ALL smb clients (windows & samba alike) to your singular samba WINS server. Then everyone should be happy.
Thanks Martyn, it certainly does clear my doubts. If i am right, what i understand is that if with help of PDC the users are validated against entry in the samba server. Thanks once again. rgds Girish> -----Original Message----- > From: Martyn Ranyard [mailto:ranyardm@lineone.net] > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 1:22 PM > To: ramadurgam.girish@wipro.com; samba@lists.samba.org > Subject: Re: [Samba] advantages of PDC > > > Here goes... > > One major advantage of using samba as a PDC when you only have one > server is that there are no local accounts to set up on the workstations, > and without knowing a username and password you cannot log on to the > workstation. This is why we use it in-house here. Security is much > improved from other modes of operation. > > The original concept behind windows domains is that all members of the > domain ask the PDC to validate users. e.g. when a printer is > shared from a > client, it can be configured to only allow people who are logged into the > server to print to it. or if you have two servers sharing different > resources, you only need to have change passwords on one, rather > than each > individually. > > Hope this clears things up a bit for you. > > At 12:45 PM 1/30/02 +0000, Girish R S wrote: > >I wanted to know what is the advantage of PDC. The purpose of > samba in our > >proj is just to share the unix directory and allow win2K users > to add files > >to unix. > >Is it an advantage to make PDC???? > >Can i make the unix server appear in selected win2K systems.(i presume > >adding workgroup will work.) if any other suggestions i would appreciate. > >Another doubt was, when i installed samba i could see the unix > server as its > >hostname, can we change the way its listed in win2k. > >Please help me. > >Rgds > >Girish > > > > =============> Martyn Ranyard >-------------- next part -------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information transmitted by this E-MAIL is proprietary to Wipro and/or its Customers and is intended for use only by the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient or it appears that this mail has been forwarded to you without proper authority, you are notified that any use or dissemination of this information in any manner is strictly prohibited. In such cases, please notify us immediately at mailto:mailadmin@wipro.com and delete this mail from your records. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.htm Try it out. Gaurang. Girish R S <ramadurgam.girish@wipro.com> wrote: I wanted to know what is the advantage of PDC. The purpose of samba in our proj is just to share the unix directory and allow win2K users to add files to unix. Is it an advantage to make PDC???? Can i make the unix server appear in selected win2K systems.(i presume adding workgroup will work.) if any other suggestions i would appreciate. Another doubt was, when i installed samba i could see the unix server as its hostname, can we change the way its listed in win2k. Please help me. Rgds Girish ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information transmitted by this E-MAIL is proprietary to Wipro and/or its Customers and is intended for use only by the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient or it appears that this mail has been forwarded to you without proper authority, you are notified that any use or dissemination of this information in any manner is strictly prohibited. In such cases, please notify us immediately at mailto:mailadmin@wipro.com and delete this mail from your records. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions Great stuff seeking new owners! Bid now! -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed
Thanks for the help thus far. Here's my status update: I removed the 4 WINS servers that were running & replaced them with 1 Samba Server. There are 2 WinNT PDC's communicating with a Trusted Domain. They are both pointed to the WINS Server as well. subnet1 (172.28.x.x): PDC (Yoda) WINS Server (wins) subnet2 (192.168.100.x): PDC (Trillian) I'm still having browsing issues between the 2, but my questions are now more centralized, thanks to the help and insight of others. 1st: I keep getting this error message in my log.nmbd. =============== nmbd/nmbd_browsesync.c:find_domain_master_name_query_fail(360) find_domain_master_name_query_fail: Unable to find the Domain Master Browser name REMOTE ACCESS<1b> for the workgroup REMOTE ACCESS. Unable to sync browse lists in this workgroup. ================ I have my WINS Server in a separate local workgroup called Remote Access. And the NT PDC is in a workgroup called Amhsys. The WINS Server is the local master of the group, but for some reason does not recognize the PDC as a Domain Master. The WINS Server reflects this. According to wins.dat, Yoda (local PDC): "YODA#00" 1012798251 172.28.1.255 64R "YODA#1E" 1012798251 172.28.1.255 64R If I move the WINS Server into the same workgroup as the NT PDC, and alter the config file to allow the PDC to win the election, then it changes to this: "YODA#00" 1012798251 172.28.1.255 64R "YODA#03" 1012798251 172.28.1.255 64R "YODA#20" 1012798251 172.28.1.255 64R Samba no longer complains about the Domain Master Browser running, and adds this to the wins.dat to reflect it: "AMHSYS#00" 1012799964 255.255.255.255 c4R "AMHSYS#1b" 1012799081 172.28.1.255 64R "AMHSYS#1c" 1012799081 172.28.1.255 e4R "AMHSYS#1e" 1012799994 255.255.255.255 c4R (Amhsys being the name of the workgroup). Why would changing the local workgroup location cause this? Also, since there are 2 PDC's in the entire network, shouldn't WINS be listed them as 1D? (I listed the numbering scheme from O'Reilly's book below). Okay, I'm off to read the BROWSING.txt file :) Talk about perplexing! Standard Workstation Service 00 Messenger Service (WinPopup) 03 RAS Server Service 06 Domain Master Browser Service (associated with primary domain controller) 1B Master Browser name 1D NetDDE Service 1F Fileserver (including printer server) 20 RAS Client Service 21 Network Monitor Agent BE Network Monitor Utility BF Standard Workstation group 00 Logon Server 1C Master Browser name 1D Normal Group name (used in browser elections) 1E Internet Group name (administrative) 20 <01><02>__MSBROWSE__<02> 01 -- -Rob