samba - Apr 2003 - Can't access SAMBA workgroup from Windows machines

I am relatively new to Linux and Samba, so pardon what may be a stupid question.

I am having a problem accessing my SAMBA server's workgroup from my
window's clients. The workgroup (WORKGROUP) shows up in the Windows network
neighborhood, but when I click it I get a message that says "Workgroup is
not accessible. Network name cannot be found." However, when I click Start,
Run and type in  \\<samba_server_name>, it opens just fine.

Also, it should be noted that this only occurs when the SAMBA server is the
master browser for the workgroup. If I put a Windows machine in the same
workgroup and allow it to become the master browser, then everything works fine.

Incidentally, I am using Red Hat 8.0, Samba version 2.2.5-10.

NOTE: I saw a previous posting that this may indicate a WINS problem, but it did
not elaborate on how I might go about fixing it.

On Wed, 2003-04-23 at 09:56, Pete Overman wrote:
> I am relatively new to Linux and Samba, so pardon what may be a stupid
question.
> 
> I am having a problem accessing my SAMBA server's workgroup from my
window's clients. The workgroup (WORKGROUP) shows up in the Windows network
neighborhood, but when I click it I get a message that says "Workgroup is
not accessible. Network name cannot be found." However, when I click Start,
Run and type in  \\<samba_server_name>, it opens just fine.
> 
> Also, it should be noted that this only occurs when the SAMBA server is the
master browser for the workgroup. If I put a Windows machine in the same
workgroup and allow it to become the master browser, then everything works fine.
> 
> Incidentally, I am using Red Hat 8.0, Samba version 2.2.5-10.
> 
> NOTE: I saw a previous posting that this ma indicate a WINS problem, but it
did not elaborate on how I might go about fixing it.
it is a network browsing problem...
there's a comprehensive doc on browsing in the samba source
distribution.

probably your problems will be solved if you configure samba to be a
wins server and configure all the clients so use that wins server.

brad
-- 
Bradley W. Langhorst <brad@langhorst.com>

You will be much better off avoiding browsing and setting a server to be a
WINS server, most likely. However, either way, good resources are located
in the Samba dist file. I don't know exactly where they are located, but
one of them is called BROWSING.txt, and I bet if you look on Google, it
will turn up that file. There's another doc, which I believe is referred
to in BROWSING.txt.

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On Wed, 23 Apr 2003, Pete Overman wrote:
> I am relatively new to Linux and Samba, so pardon what may be a stupid
question.
>
> I am having a problem accessing my SAMBA server's workgroup from my
window's clients. The workgroup (WORKGROUP) shows up in the Windows network
neighborhood, but when I click it I get a message that says "Workgroup is
not accessible. Network name cannot be found." However, when I click Start,
Run and type in  \\<samba_server_name>, it opens just fine.
>
> Also, it should be noted that this only occurs when the SAMBA server is the
master browser for the workgroup. If I put a Windows machine in the same
workgroup and allow it to become the master browser, then everything works fine.
>
> Incidentally, I am using Red Hat 8.0, Samba version 2.2.5-10.
>
> NOTE: I saw a previous posting that this may indicate a WINS problem, but
it did not elaborate on how I might go about fixing it.
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