Hello, I use my Win98 (First edition) machine to log on to a Linux (Mandrake, kernel 2.4.8) server running Samba (2.2.1a). I can log on to my home directory just fine, but when I reboot the system tells me it can't establish a permanent connection. It then presents me with a dialog box to ask me whether I want to try again on next bootup. If I double-click the disabled network drive from Explorer, it immediately activates without any problems. I've tried some Google and MS Knowledge Base searches on this issue. I've tried changing my user profile and logon method (Windows Logon --> Microsoft Family Logon --> Client for Microsoft Networks) to no avail. I've even triedswearing at my PC. Although not helpful, the latter certainly felt good. Is this a known problem (I couldn't find anything about it)? Any suggestions on what I might try to fix this? Regards, Steven Don
Hi, I saw this behavior in a pure Windows environment with an NT-Workstation as 'server' an some NT and W98-clients. So I don't think it's a Samba bug. regard, Reinhard --On Mittwoch, 6. Februar 2002 10:55 +0100 Steven Don <shd@earthling.net> wrote:> Hello, > > I use my Win98 (First edition) machine to log on to a Linux > (Mandrake, kernel 2.4.8) server running Samba (2.2.1a). I can log on > to my home directory just fine, but when I reboot the system tells me > it can't establish a permanent connection. It then presents me with a > dialog box to ask me whether I want to try again on next bootup. If I > double-click the disabled network drive from Explorer, it immediately > activates without any problems. I've tried some Google and MS > Knowledge Base searches on this issue. I've tried changing my user > profile and logon method (Windows Logon --> Microsoft Family Logon -- >> Client for Microsoft Networks) to no avail. I've even tried > swearing at my PC. Although not helpful, the latter certainly felt > good. > > Is this a known problem (I couldn't find anything about it)? Any > suggestions on what I might try to fix this? > > Regards, > Steven Don > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba-- * Reinhard Vielhaber Individual - Software * * Wilhelmstr. 31 D-26571 Juist * * Tel.: 04935/990005 Fax: 04935/990006 * * Email: rv@rvis.de rvis.de *
Hi Steven, I was browsing the documentation for changes in 2.2.3 when I came across the LMHOSTS section of the HOWTO-Collection PDF. You might try to add the server's IP address into your lmhosts file on the client with the #PRE option which will preload the name->IP adress mappling into memory. This might make the connection more stable. Hope this helps Martyn At 10:55 AM 2/6/02 +0100, Steven Don wrote:>Hello, > >I use my Win98 (First edition) machine to log on to a Linux >(Mandrake, kernel 2.4.8) server running Samba (2.2.1a). I can log on >to my home directory just fine, but when I reboot the system tells me >it can't establish a permanent connection. It then presents me with a >dialog box to ask me whether I want to try again on next bootup. If I >double-click the disabled network drive from Explorer, it immediately >activates without any problems. I've tried some Google and MS >Knowledge Base searches on this issue. I've tried changing my user >profile and logon method (Windows Logon --> Microsoft Family Logon -- > > Client for Microsoft Networks) to no avail. I've even tried >swearing at my PC. Although not helpful, the latter certainly felt >good. > >Is this a known problem (I couldn't find anything about it)? Any >suggestions on what I might try to fix this? > >Regards, > Steven DonMartyn Life's a bitch, but so am I.