Hello guys: Some weeks ago I've implemented a couple of Samba4 servers. One of them running Zentyal 4.2 Development version and the other one on a Samba built from source on CentOS 7. Both are running Samba 4.3.4. There are 35 machines joined to my domain and users are complaining that they can't see all the machines in the network through the browsing feature from Windows. Sometimes only a few machines appear, then a few more appear and later dissapear some others, it seems a little erratic. I wonder if this behavior is due to what the link shown below says: https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/FAQ#Why_is_Network_Neighbourhood_empty_or_does_not_show_all_machines_in_an_Samba_AD_environment.3F If true, is there a way to "fix" this problem so we can see ALL the computers joined to the domain while they're online in the MS network? Thanks in advance.
On 31/03/16 05:15, Jason Voorhees wrote:> Hello guys: > > Some weeks ago I've implemented a couple of Samba4 servers. One of them > running Zentyal 4.2 Development version and the other one on a Samba built > from source on CentOS 7. Both are running Samba 4.3.4. > > There are 35 machines joined to my domain and users are complaining that > they can't see all the machines in the network through the browsing feature > from Windows. Sometimes only a few machines appear, then a few more appear > and later dissapear some others, it seems a little erratic. > > I wonder if this behavior is due to what the link shown below says: > > https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/FAQ#Why_is_Network_Neighbourhood_empty_or_does_not_show_all_machines_in_an_Samba_AD_environment.3F > > If true, is there a way to "fix" this problem so we can see ALL the > computers joined to the domain while they're online in the MS network? > > Thanks in advance.Hi, if you are running Samba as an AD DC, then what the link is telling you is still true, there is no browsing with a Samba AD DC. You could try setting up a domain member server and run the smbd, nmbd & winbind deamons, this way you will get browsing. Rowland
Thanks for replying. I wasn't sure about what the link tried to tell me but you just have confirmed it :) So, if I understood correctly, do I have to setup a WINS server in another member machine (let's say another Samba host) and point all my windows computers to such Samba as WINS server? On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 11:43 AM, Rowland penny <rpenny at samba.org> wrote:> On 31/03/16 05:15, Jason Voorhees wrote: > >> Hello guys: >> >> Some weeks ago I've implemented a couple of Samba4 servers. One of them >> running Zentyal 4.2 Development version and the other one on a Samba built >> from source on CentOS 7. Both are running Samba 4.3.4. >> >> There are 35 machines joined to my domain and users are complaining that >> they can't see all the machines in the network through the browsing >> feature >> from Windows. Sometimes only a few machines appear, then a few more appear >> and later dissapear some others, it seems a little erratic. >> >> I wonder if this behavior is due to what the link shown below says: >> >> >> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/FAQ#Why_is_Network_Neighbourhood_empty_or_does_not_show_all_machines_in_an_Samba_AD_environment.3F >> >> If true, is there a way to "fix" this problem so we can see ALL the >> computers joined to the domain while they're online in the MS network? >> >> Thanks in advance. >> > > Hi, if you are running Samba as an AD DC, then what the link is telling > you is still true, there is no browsing with a Samba AD DC. You could try > setting up a domain member server and run the smbd, nmbd & winbind deamons, > this way you will get browsing. > > Rowland > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba >