samba - Oct 2004 - NetBios problem with Samba 2.x

I'm in a bit of a pickle, and I need some help.

I'm forced to disable netbios on any machine that leaves the company because
of how MS Exchange works over a VPN.
I have Samba 2.x on two Compaq Tru64 5.x machines, each with one (public) share.

With netbios enabled, the client machines can access the share with no issues. 
With netbios disabled, I get something like "No network provider accepted
the given network path."

DNS is working fine - the clients resolve the Samba machines, and the Samba
machines resolve the clients.

I've tried stabbing at the config a few times with things like the dns proxy
setting, wins proxy, wins server, security type, etc. - no luck.

I have absolutely no problem with accessing my Samba 3 system from a client with
netbios disabled.


Anybody know what this might be?

Thanks,
Nate

PS - Actually, I'd love to install Samba 3 on these two problem systems, but
it won't compile. :/

On Fri, 2004-10-15 at 11:30 -0700, Nate Schindler wrote:
> I'm in a bit of a pickle, and I need some help.
> 
> I'm forced to disable netbios on any machine that leaves the company
because of how MS Exchange works over a VPN.
> I have Samba 2.x on two Compaq Tru64 5.x machines, each with one (public)
share.
> 
> With netbios enabled, the client machines can access the share with no
issues.  With netbios disabled, I get something like "No network provider
accepted the given network path."

I don't think Samba 2 supported DNS resolution.  IIRC it requires
NetBIOS Name Resolution in order to correctly resolve.  Can you go
direct to the IP?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aaron Grewell [mailto:agrewell@uwb.edu]
> Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 11:36 AM
> To: Nate Schindler
> Cc: samba@lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [Samba] NetBios problem with Samba 2.x
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2004-10-15 at 11:30 -0700, Nate Schindler wrote:
> > I'm in a bit of a pickle, and I need some help.
> > 
> > I'm forced to disable netbios on any machine that leaves 
> the company because of how MS Exchange works over a VPN.
> > I have Samba 2.x on two Compaq Tru64 5.x machines, each 
> with one (public) share.
> > 
> > With netbios enabled, the client machines can access the 
> share with no issues.  With netbios disabled, I get something 
> like "No network provider accepted the given network path."
> 
> 
> I don't think Samba 2 supported DNS resolution.  IIRC it requires
> NetBIOS Name Resolution in order to correctly resolve.  Can you go
> direct to the IP?
> 
No, I get the same error.  So I guess I should look into the compile problems
with samba 3 again...

Thanks :)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fernando Ribeiro [mailto:musb@nerdgroup.org]
> Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 11:54 AM
> To: Aaron Grewell
> Cc: Nate Schindler; samba@lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [Samba] NetBios problem with Samba 2.x
> > 
> > I don't think Samba 2 supported DNS resolution.  IIRC it requires
> > NetBIOS Name Resolution in order to correctly resolve.  Can you go
> > direct to the IP?
> > 
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> 
> Hi,
> 
> 	I have same problem with samba 3.0.7 :-(
> 
Well that's interesting... I don't.  Can you send your smb.conf?  What
operating system is samba running on?
> Thanks
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fernando Ribeiro [mailto:musb@nerdgroup.org]
> Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 11:54 AM
> To: Aaron Grewell
> Cc: Nate Schindler; samba@lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [Samba] NetBios problem with Samba 2.x
> 
> 
> Palavras de Aaron Grewell [Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 11:35:52AM -0700]:
> > On Fri, 2004-10-15 at 11:30 -0700, Nate Schindler wrote:
> > > I'm in a bit of a pickle, and I need some help.
> > > 
> > > I'm forced to disable netbios on any machine that leaves 
> the company because of how MS Exchange works over a VPN.
> > > I have Samba 2.x on two Compaq Tru64 5.x machines, each 
> with one (public) share.
> > > 
> > > With netbios enabled, the client machines can access the 
> share with no issues.  With netbios disabled, I get something 
> like "No network provider accepted the given network path."
> > 
> > 
> > I don't think Samba 2 supported DNS resolution.  IIRC it requires
> > NetBIOS Name Resolution in order to correctly resolve.  Can you go
> > direct to the IP?
> > 
> > -- 
> > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the
> > instructions:  http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
> > 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> 	I have same problem with samba 3.0.7 :-(
> 
> Thanks
I gave 3.0.x another shot, and although I had a lot of warnings, 3.0.7 did
compile.  With netbios disabled on the windows client, the share *does* load
now. (yay!)
> 
> -- 
> Fernando Ribeiro - GPG-KEY: 0x8D7255F4
> Linux Counter: #273768 - ICQ: 175630330
> LPIC-2 - Advanced Linux
> Death the graph! Death the mouse
> Death patents! Death closed standards!
> http://www.nerdgroup.org
> http://musb.nerdgroup.org
> --------------------------------------
> "Grandes mentes discutem id?ias;
> Mentes medianas discutem eventos;
> Mentes pequenas discutem pessoas."
>