Morning everyone. Just have a quick question regarding WINS on samba-3.0.3. Running FreeBSD 4.9, with samba-3.0.3 built from the ports tree. The only thing I needed from this particular server at this time, was it to function as a WINS server for our company. I went ahead and did the basics, as setting the netbios name as well as saying 'yes' to wins support. However, I cannot tell if it is working correctly. The reason I say this is that, I have not changed any of thw Windows 2000 desktop machines to point to the WINS server in their TCP/IP properties. So im trying to figure out what could be wrong, if anything and how to figure out if it is working correctly. Any ideas on what I could be missing? I appreciate it. Jason
Just thought I would build upon my original post. The reason the need for a WINS server, is that we are beginning to put up VPN connections to branch offices. In order for our BO's to be able to browse our corporate network, we need to put a WINS server...thus, I put up a samba server, enabling WINS. Right now, the company has one NT server, acting as th domain master. However, this box is going to be replaced by a Samba PDC in the near future. For now though, I need to get a WINS server up and running. Anyway, I edited smb.conf and put the following info in: wins support = yes os level = 65 local master = yes When I take a look at the log.nmbd file, here are some interesting things I see: [2004/04/20 09:23:50, 0] nmbd/nmbd_become_lmb.c:become_local_master_stage2(396) ***** Samba name server OXYGEN is now a local master browser for workgroup COURTESY on subnet 192.168.1.50 ***** [2004/04/20 09:23:50, 1] nmbd/nmbd_incomingrequests.c:process_node_status_request(328) process_node_status_request: status request for name COURTESY<1b> from IP 192.168.1.50 on subnet UNICAST_SUBNET - name not f ound. Now, im trying to figure out a couple of things: 1) what this error message is, and if there are problems fix it. 2) Whether or not my WINS server is working properly. Just thought i'd post additional informatio here. Also, just picked up the "Official Samba 3 HOWTO" book and reading it as I type. I appreciate the help. Jason>Morning everyone. > >Just have a quick question regarding WINS on samba-3.0.3. >Running FreeBSD 4.9, with samba-3.0.3 built from the ports tree. >The only thing I needed from this particular server at this time, was it >to function as a WINS server for our company. > >I went ahead and did the basics, as setting the netbios name as well as >saying 'yes' to wins support. >However, I cannot tell if it is working correctly. The reason I say this >is that, I have not changed any of thw Windows 2000 desktop machines to >point to the WINS server in their TCP/IP properties. > >So im trying to figure out what could be wrong, if anything and how to >figure out if it is working correctly. > >Any ideas on what I could be missing? > >I appreciate it. > >Jason
Hello everyone. Last question. :) Been reading my samba 3 book here for the past bit an was hoping to clarify a few things on my setup. Basically, in order to get my samba 3 server up, running and acting as a WINS server was pretty straightforward. The other half is getting the setup correct, as far as a local master browser, preferred master etc. As I was reading the book and continuing to test, I noticed a few things that caught my attention. I'll post some log snips and proceed from there. [2004/04/20 08:57:22, 0] nmbd/nmbd_become_dmb.c:become_domain_master_query_success(225) become_domain_master_query_success: There is already a domain master browser at IP 192.168.1.20 for workgroup COURTESY registered on subnet 192.168.1.50. This is the first one. I realized that the NT box we have on our network is the 192.168.1.20 box. The 192.168.1.50 IP address belongs to the IP address of the samba 3 box I just setup. Now, currently we are in a workgroup, not a domain. So the NT box is the domain master browser. Should it stay that way for now? Like I said before, it is going to be replaced within the next month with a samba PDC box. I can see that the samba box is working correctly, as far as a WINS server. But I want to ensure that it will work correctly when we test VPN connections to our corporate network and are able to browse the network using my network places. In order to do so, I have set the following in my smb.conf: wins support = yes os level = 255 However, should I set the following options as well? preferred master = yes local master = yes Not sure about domain master. Last long entry: [2004/04/20 12:47:12, 1] nmbd/nmbd_incomingrequests.c:process_node_status_request(328) process_node_status_request: status request for name COURTESY<1b> from IP 192.168.1.50 on subnet UNICAST_SUBNET - name not f ound. [2004/04/20 12:47:17, 0] nmbd/nmbd_browsesync.c:domain_master_node_status_fail(247) domain_master_node_status_fail: Doing a node status request to the domain master browser for workgroup COURTESY at IP 192.168.1.50 failed. Cannot sync browser lists. I'm guessing, because it is not set as the domain master, it is failing? Still working on this one. I see the jist of what is going on, it's just a matter now of fully understanding how to get everything to work and gel correctly. I appreciate the help. Jason