Unable to resolve my problem after long time of reading and searching I decide
to ask for help to the experts. The problems is that there is no browse list
even thought everything works fine. I can share files with others machines but
don't see anything on network neighborhood. We use the OpenBSD 3.6 box with
Samba 2.2 only for DNS and Wins.
Please Help!
Here is my smb.conf file.
# This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the
# smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed
# here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options (perhaps too
# many!) most of which are not shown in this example
#
# Any line which starts with a ; (semi-colon) or a # (hash)
# is a comment and is ignored. In this example we will use a #
# for commentary and a ; for parts of the comfit file that you
# may wish to enable
#
# NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command
"testparm"
# to check that you have not many any basic syntactic errors.
#
#======================= Global Settings
====================================[global]
##
## Basic Server Settings
##
# workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name, eg: REDHAT4
workgroup = TVGBCAST
netbios name = laxbcastdns01
# server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field
server string
# This option is important for security. It allows you to restrict
# connections to machines which are on your local network. The
# following example restricts access to two C class networks and
# the "loopback" interface. For more examples of the syntax
see
# the smb.conf man page
hosts allow = 10. 127.0.0.1
# Uncomment this if you want a guest account, you must add this to
/etc/passwd
# otherwise the user "nobody" is used
guest account = pcguest
# this tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine
# that connects
# log file = /var/log/smbd.%m
# How much information do you want to see in the logs?
# default is only to log critical messages
; log level = 1
# Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb).
max log size = 550
# Security mode. Most people will want user level security. See
# security_level.txt for details.
security = user
# Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration
# on a per machine basis. The %m gets replaced with the netbios name
# of the machine that is connecting.
# Note: Consider carefully the location in the configuration file of
# this line. The included file is read at that point.
; include = /etc/samba/smb.conf.%m
# Most people will find that this option gives better performance.
# See speed.txt and the manual pages for details
# You may want to add the following on a Linux system:
# SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
; socket options = TCP_NODELAY
# Configure Samba to use multiple interfaces
# If you have multiple network interfaces and want to limit smbd will
# use, list the ones desired here. Otherwise smbd & nmbd will bind
to all
# active interfaces on the system. See the man page for details.
# interfaces = 10.4.100.2/24 10.3.100.2/24 10.7.50.1
# Should smbd report that it has MS-DFS Capabilities? Only available
# if --with-msdfs was passed to ./configure
; host msdfs = yes
##
## Network Browsing
##
# set local master to no if you don't want Samba to become a master
# browser on your network. Otherwise the normal election rules apply
local master = yes
# OS Level determines the precedence of this server in master browser
# elections. The default value (20) should be reasonable
os level = 65
# Domain Master specifies Samba to be the Domain Master Browser. This
# allows Samba to collate browse lists between subnets. Don't use
this
# if you already have a Windows NT domain controller doing this job
domain master = yes
# Preferred Master causes Samba to force a local browser election on
startup
# and gives it a slightly higher chance of winning the election
preferred master = yes
browse list = yes
##
## WINS & Name Resolution
##
# If you have multiple network interfaces and want to limit smbd will
# use, list the ones desired here. Otherwise smbd & nmbd will bind
to all
# active interfaces on the system. See the man page for details.
# interfaces = 10.4.100.2/24 10.3.100.2/24 10.7.50.1
# Should smbd report that it has MS-DFS Capabilities? Only available
# if --with-msdfs was passed to ./configure
; host msdfs = yes
##
## Network Browsing
##
# set local master to no if you don't want Samba to become a master
# browser on your network. Otherwise the normal election rules apply
local master = yes
# OS Level determines the precedence of this server in master browser
# elections. The default value (20) should be reasonable
os level = 65
# Domain Master specifies Samba to be the Domain Master Browser. This
# allows Samba to collate browse lists between subnets. Don't use
this
# if you already have a Windows NT domain controller doing this job
domain master = yes
# Preferred Master causes Samba to force a local browser election on
startup
# and gives it a slightly higher chance of winning the election
preferred master = yes
browse list = yes
## WINS & Name Resolution
##
# Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section:
# WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable it's
WINS Server
wins support = yes
# WINS Server - Tells the NMBD components of Samba to be a WINS Client
# Note: Samba can be either a WINS Server, or a WINS Client, but
NOT both
; wins server = w.x.y.z
# WINS Proxy - Tells Samba to answer name resolution queries on
# behalf of a non WINS capable client, for this to work there must be
# at least one WINS Server on the network. The default is NO.
; wins proxy = no
# DNS Proxy - tells Samba whether or not to try to resolve NetBIOS names
# via DNS nslookups.
# dns proxy = 10.7.50.1
# remote announce = 10.3.100.5 10.6.50.1 10.4.100.1 10.7.50.1
remote announce = yes
announce as = NT Server
##
On Thursday 27 January 2005 15:07, Marvin Bonilla wrote:> Unable to resolve my problem after long time of reading and searching I > decide to ask for help to the experts. The problems is that there is no > browse list even thought everything works fine. I can share files with > others machines but don't see anything on network neighborhood. We use the > OpenBSD 3.6 box with Samba 2.2 only for DNS and Wins. > > Please Help!Did you paste your smb.conf file twice? You have duplicate sections Try running the command "testparm" on the server and see what it says about your configuration file If your computers are all on the same subnet, you don't need "remote announce". If you do need "remote announce", the correct form of the part after the equals sign is the IP address of the remote network(s)> > # remote announce = 10.3.100.5 10.6.50.1 10.4.100.1 10.7.50.1 > remote announce = yesI'm not sure this "announce as" parameter is correct. I don't know if it makes any difference... but it might.> announce as = NT ServerCheck to see if your windows clients are actually configured to query the wins server. Do you in fact have an entry for "pcguest" in your /etc/password file? Depending on the client OS, you may have trouble browsing shares if there is no functioning guest account. -- add pcguest if necessary, or comment out the line and let samba use "nobody", which is the default.> # Uncomment this if you want a guest account, > # you must add this to /etc/passwd > # otherwise the user "nobody" is used > guest account = pcguestTake a look at the man page for "nmblookup". Use this command to find the master browser, query the master browser, etc. I think the equivalent windows command is "nbtstat" Investigate the contents of wins.dat and browse.dat files on your server. They can be deleted and smb/nmb restarted, then it may take about fifteen minutes for new wins information to be re-established