I've recently setup an iSCSI portal on my network and have taken some servers offline. However, due to the requirements of certain software programs I need to use UNC paths. I was able to fix this issue by adding CNAME into my DNS. I'm still finding that certain programs still require to view the browse list to find the appropriate server. Since CNAME doesn't link to the wins.dat or browse.dat lists I thought I could add a static entry into both. I followed the Samba-Howto on static entries but it seems that the entry disappears after a few minutes (the entry does appear on the Network Places browse list). Since the static entry is point to the same IP address as a physical server (iSCSI portal) could it be causing a conflict and therefore removed. Cheers, -- Jason Gray Bardel Entertainment Inc. jgray@bardel.ca
Well I found out how to fix the problem. I just needed to add "netbios aliases = " to my smb.conf file and the server name appeared in my browse list. If I could only learn to read the manuals : ) Jason Jason Gray wrote:> I've recently setup an iSCSI portal on my network and have taken some > servers offline. However, due to the requirements of certain software > programs I need to use UNC paths. I was able to fix this issue by > adding CNAME into my DNS. I'm still finding that certain programs > still require to view the browse list to find the appropriate server. > Since CNAME doesn't link to the wins.dat or browse.dat lists I thought > I could add a static entry into both. I followed the Samba-Howto on > static entries but it seems that the entry disappears after a few > minutes (the entry does appear on the Network Places browse list). > > Since the static entry is point to the same IP address as a physical > server (iSCSI portal) could it be causing a conflict and therefore > removed. > > Cheers, >-- Jason Gray Bardel Entertainment Inc. 604-669-5589 jgray@bardel.ca