samba - Nov 2003 - Samba vs DHCP

I was using a Samba server under a SUNOS 5.5.1 operative system. This
SUN machine was the server of a number of Lynux (Mandrake) and Windows
(95,98, XP) computers in a TCP/IP network with fixed IP numbers. We were
oblied to change to DHCP recently. As our network has a huge number of
computers I am running the smbd and nmbd daemos of the Samba with an
identification in such a way that only those windows  computers having
the WINS protocolo with the same identification were able 'to see' this
machine. Under DHCP, at least for Windows 98, there is no any
configuration for this protocol in such a way that now although my
subnetwork is transparent for all SUN and Lynux systems, those Windows
98 working under DHCP are not able to recognize the Samba server.
Obviously there is a trivial solution, I could eliminate the
identification in the daemon of the Samba server but the price to pay is
being transaparent for all the computers on my network (more than four
thousand), I assume there should be some way in the configuration of
Samba to allow a particular internet address to access the Samba server
although it is not able to see it, due to the identification. Does
anybody know how to do it? Thanks in Advance. Alfredo

> From: AVMEJIA [mailto:AVMEJIA@terra.es] 
> 
> I was using a Samba server under a SUNOS 5.5.1 operative system. This
> SUN machine was the server of a number of Lynux (Mandrake) and Windows
> (95,98, XP) computers in a TCP/IP network with fixed IP numbers. We were
> oblied to change to DHCP recently. As our network has a huge number of
> computers I am running the smbd and nmbd daemos of the Samba with an
> identification in such a way that only those windows  computers having
> the WINS protocolo with the same identification were able 'to see'
this
> machine. 
OK, up to this point I understand your situation. Please post the part of 
the smb.conf, in which you restricts te visibility of samba.
> Under DHCP, at least for Windows 98, there is no any
> configuration for this protocol in such a way that now although my
> subnetwork is transparent for all SUN and Lynux systems, those Windows
> 98 working under DHCP are not able to recognize the Samba server.
Here is asomething, I do not understand.
Why cannot see the Win98-Clients the Samba-server? 
Which DHCP-Server and which DHCP-Config do you use? 
> Obviously there is a trivial solution, I could eliminate the
> identification in the daemon of the Samba server but the 
> price to pay is
Again, in which way had you realised this identification?
> being transaparent for all the computers on my network (more than four
> thousand), 
Four thousand computers on one single network???
No routers between departements? No chance to filter 
traffic? One single flat network??
> I assume there should be some way in the configuration of
> Samba to allow a particular internet address to access the Samba server
> although it is not able to see it, due to the identification. Does
> anybody know how to do it? Thanks in Advance. Alfredo
I think, this is a DHCP-Problem, but I am incapable of understanding
your problem, because the lack of information.


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