joop gerritse
2007-Dec-05 18:17 UTC
[Samba] Does anyone know why sometimes a PDC appears in the Network neigborhood, and sometimes it doesn't?
The subject says it all, I think. At home I have a PDC (Linux with Samba), and I have Win98 and Win 95(!) clients. And sometimes the domain name (workgroup name) is visble in the Network neigborhood, and sometimes it is not. I also got the impression that placing a link in the file NETHOOD makes a difference, but I am not sure yet. The PDC is visible, that is, it can be PINGed, I can connect to the shares, I can even login to it, but nothing shows up in the Network Neighborhood, and if I click on the Whole network icon, I get an empty network displayed. -- J.J. Gerritse M?hlenstra?e 11 D-47546 Kalkar-Wissel Duitsland +49-2824-971487
joop gerritse
2007-Dec-06 14:22 UTC
[Samba] Does anyone know why sometimes a PDC appears in the Network neigborhood, and sometimes it doesn't?
On Thursday 06 December 2007 00:42:43, Aaron J. Zirbes wrote:> This is a "Computer Browser" issue. > > If your samba server is always on, make sure the "Computer Browser" service > is turned off on all other machines. That should solve your problem...well, I do not know if there _are_ any services on Win98 and Win95 machines (and I run a lot of these in a volunteer job). However, I just found that the problem has simply vanished. Thanks for your advice, anyway. Still, this somehow does not feel right... Do cause and effect play any role in MS systems? -- J.J. Gerritse M?hlenstra?e 11 D-47546 Kalkar-Wissel Duitsland +49-2824-971487