samba - Feb 2013 - Samba Server Under Microsoft Windows Network

Hi All,

Im running a samba4 server.  When I logged onto the server from a XP Machine and
then I go to My Network Places -> Microsoft Windows Network -> Mydomain my
samba4 server is not listed.

What could be the reason? Should I set up anything on my XP machine?

Your help will be appreciated.

Thanks and regards,
Fabian

On 2/3/13, Fabian von Romberg <fromberg100 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Im running a samba4 server.  When I logged onto the server from a XP
Machine
> and then I go to My Network Places -> Microsoft Windows Network ->
Mydomain
> my samba4 server is not listed.
It's well known and documented limitation of current samba.
> What could be the reason? Should I set up anything on my XP machine?
I know workaround:
1) Use windows or samba3 (or samba4 configured as classic server)
boxes to serve as netbios browsers. Set "os level=1" in your smb.conf,
this sh'ld be enough.
2) Start on your samba4 AD server nmbd from any 3.* series.

This is because as an AD DC we do not support net iOS browsing. This is normal,
access the server by name and it will work fine.

Fabian von Romberg <fromberg100 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>Im running a samba4 server.  When I logged onto the server from a XP
>Machine and then I go to My Network Places -> Microsoft Windows Network
>-> Mydomain my samba4 server is not listed.
>
>What could be the reason? Should I set up anything on my XP machine?
>
>Your help will be appreciated.
>
>Thanks and regards,
>Fabian
>
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> This is because as an AD DC we do not support net iOS browsing. This is
> normal, access the server by name and it will work fine.
>
> Fabian von Romberg <fromberg100 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Hi All,
>>
>>Im running a samba4 server.  When I logged onto the server from a XP
>>Machine and then I go to My Network Places -> Microsoft Windows
Network
>>-> Mydomain my samba4 server is not listed.
>>
>>What could be the reason? Should I set up anything on my XP machine?
>>
Surprisingly,
an ubuntu 12.04 with samba3 joined to my samba4 AD domain can be seen in
network neighborhood. but not my debian squeeze member server with samba3
from squeeze repo nor my samba4 AD DC.

Felix