samba - Aug 2004 - XP Clients missing in my network places

Hi All,

Sorry if this is a re-post, I sent it in to gmane.network.samba.general
yesterday and haven't seen it posted yet, so I decided to send it to the
list.

I am currently running samba 3.0.3 on Fedora Core 2 (Kernel 2.6.6).  The
samba server is running as the PDC for the domain, with no other servers and
a handful of 98 and XP clients.  The problem is that Windows XP clients will
not show up in My Network Places or Network Neighborhood.

When using UNC names I am able to access the machines, but cannot find them
otherwise.  I am not even able to see them with net view.  All of the 98
clients show up fine.

The clients are configured with Client for Microsoft Networks, File and
Printer Sharing and TCP/IP.  In the TCP/IP options I specified to use
NetBIOS over TCP/IP and have set the wins server to the address of the Samba
server.  The bindings for the client adapters are (in order): File and printer
sharing and client for Microsoft networks. I cannot change the order.  None of
the machines have any sort of personal firewall software.
 
One other thing, when I browse the entire network, I can see two copies of my
domain.  The XP clients show one instance of the domain empty and the 98 clients
show both with the same computers (the server and the 98 clients)

Is this a problem with Samba, or XP?  I have googled this but cannot find an
answer.  Below is a copy of my smb.conf

Thanks

[global]
 workgroup  netbios name = 
 encrypt passwords = Yes
# password level = 8 changed 8/10/04 see below
# username level = 8 changed 8/10/04 see below
 printcap name = cups
 logon script = scripts\%U.bat
 logon drive = h:
 domain logons = Yes
# os level = 64 changed 8/11/04 see below
 preferred master = Yes
 domain master = Yes
 wins support = Yes
# wins proxy = Yes removed 8/10/04 not needed?
 admin users = root
 force create mode = 0775
 security mask = 00
 force directory mode = 0775
 directory security mask = 00
 printing = cups
 server string = Linux Server
# These Global Params added 08/10/04:
 security = user
 server schannel = auto
 server signing = auto
 socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
 interfaces = eth0 192.168.0.3/255.255.255.0
 hosts allow = 192.168.0. 127.
 log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
 add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -m %u
 delete user script = /usr/sbin/userdel -r %u
 add group script = /usr/sbin/groupadd %g
 delete group script = /usr/sbin/groupdel %g
 add user to group script = /usr/sbin/usermod -G %g %u
 add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -s /bin/false \
  -d /dev/null %u
 unix password sync = Yes
 passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
 passwd chat = *New*UNIX*password* %n\n *ReType*new*UNIX*password* %n\n
*passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
 username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
 username level = 0
 password level = 0
# Global params added 08/11/04:
 os level = 33

[netlogon]
 path = /var/samba/netlogon
 write list = root
 browseable = No
 
[homes]
 browseable = No
 read only = No
 create mask = 0700
 force create mode = 0700
 directory mask = 0750
 force directory mode = 0700
 security mask = 0777
 veto files = /.*/

[pub]
 comment = Public Directory
 path = /pub
 read only = No
 create mask = 0777
 force create mode = 0777
 directory mask = 0777
 security mask = 0777
 force directory mode = 0777
 inherit permissions = Yes
 guest ok = Yes
[printers]
 path = /tmp
 printable = Yes
 browseable = No



		
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Hey all,
 
I found a solution to the first part of my problem, the latter part is still
unresolved.

Sean Young <iguanadon_terrier@yahoo.com> wrote:

I am currently running samba 3.0.3 on Fedora Core 2 (Kernel 2.6.6). The
samba server is running as the PDC for the domain, with no other servers and
a handful of 98 and XP clients. The problem is that Windows XP clients will
not show up in My Network Places or Network Neighborhood.

When using UNC names I am able to access the machines, but cannot find them
otherwise. I am not even able to see them with net view. All of the 98
clients show up fine.

This is a bug in samba 3(Bug 1221
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1221). This bug was marked for
version 3.0.2a, but is still active in 3.0.4.  Apparently, if you use
apostrophies in the computer description the machine won't show up in the
network neighborhood. I Changed the descriptions and now all the XP machines are
visible.


One other thing, when I browse the entire network, I can see two copies of my
domain. The XP clients show one instance of the domain empty and the 98 clients
show both with the same computers (the server and the 98 clients)

Unfortunately, I have still made no headway on this issue.  There seems to be a
shadow domain or something, and various machines handle it differently.  Some
machines show the copy of the domain as an exact duplicate, others show it as
empty and still others are told it is unavailable. Is this a browse master
issue?





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For info:

I have the same issue here (Samba = 3.0.4-1).

If I look at my computer properties, computer name. The computer description
field is blank and not editable (this is from an admin account).

If I check via Computer Management, properties, computer name. The computer
description field is set to "Microsoft Windows XP Professional" and is
not
editable.


Alan