Hi, In a book I'm reading on Samba4, the author explains that network browsing doesn't work for Samba AD DCs "because there is no nmbd process". It's true enough that I can't browse my DC, however, there is an active nmbd process on my Samba server. So I wonder if the explanation of the author is (still) correct. I couldn't find any supporting or contradicting information on the web. Viktor
On 29/10/15 09:19, Viktor Trojanovic wrote:> Hi, > > In a book I'm reading on Samba4, the author explains that network browsing doesn't work for Samba AD DCs "because there is no nmbd process". > > It's true enough that I can't browse my DC, however, there is an active nmbd process on my Samba server. So I wonder if the explanation of the author is (still) correct. I couldn't find any supporting or contradicting information on the web. > > ViktorThe book is partially correct, nmbd shouldn't be run on a DC, but there is a netbios server built into the samba binary but it doesn't contain the browsing code. If you are running a DC and there is a separate 'nmbd' running, then you really should stop it and stop it starting at boot. Rowland
Rowland Penny wrote:> On 29/10/15 09:19, Viktor Trojanovic wrote: >> In a book I'm reading on Samba4, the author explains that network >> browsing doesn't work for Samba AD DCs... > The book is partially correct, nmbd shouldn't be run on a DC, but > there is a netbios server built into the samba binary but it doesn't > contain the browsing code. If you are running a DC and there is a > separate 'nmbd' running, then you really should stop it and stop it > starting at boot.---- I thought this was "fixed"? If a one has 1 machine designated as "the server"... do all things server (file serving, home-dir server, profile-server, win-authentication server, linux-authentication server, etc.), w/requirement of having single-signon give access to all permitted resources. This works reasonably well (for some value of reasonable) under Samba3. Samba3 has been (or is being) retired because all functionality now exists in Samba4. Is this not the case? Joke used to be when multi-core 1st came out, that the new core would just be used for MS-related services, but it's been the case for a while that a separate machine was needed to support all the services. But now that isn't enough? Seems a bit peculiar to have to create multiple virtual server instances on the same machine just to get samba3 functionality to work in a samba4 domain? I still have old machines on my network that I'll never be able to upgrade (usually multimedia related machines). The server has multiple ethernet connections -- some for talking to the "outside world", some only for talking to low-security Win-compat appliances and/or old computers, and a few for highly-connected workstations that depend on the server being up to function (remote disks) that get dedicated lines (port-to-port). But it's still only 1 server. So how does one maintain browsing in such an environment -- its the only way many UPNP, DLNA and SSDP units function?
On 29/10/15 05:41 AM, Rowland Penny wrote:> On 29/10/15 09:19, Viktor Trojanovic wrote: >> Hi, >> >> In a book I'm reading on Samba4, the author explains that network >> browsing doesn't work for Samba AD DCs "because there is no nmbd >> process". >> >> It's true enough that I can't browse my DC, however, there is an >> active nmbd process on my Samba server. So I wonder if the >> explanation of the author is (still) correct. I couldn't find any >> supporting or contradicting information on the web. >> >> Viktor > > The book is partially correct, nmbd shouldn't be run on a DC, but > there is a netbios server built into the samba binary but it doesn't > contain the browsing code. If you are running a DC and there is a > separate 'nmbd' running, then you really should stop it and stop it > starting at boot. > > Rowland > >Is there any work being done to fix this problem? I just redid a Samba 4 install and discovered that the DC was not browsable. Since this is for a small office, they only have the one server doing both DC and file & print services. Browsing is somewhat important.