similar to: Windows XP Pro SP2 and samba config for some NetBIOS aliases

Hi all, I'm using Samba 3.0.6 (on IRIX 6.5). This is just a 'let you know what I've discovered' message really. I've just installed upgrade a laptop here to SP2 of Windows XP. It then started failing to make network connections. After much fiddling about, I tracked it down to DFS shares. This PC can now connect to the DFS root OKay, but doesn't recognise the entries

Hi We're currently experiencing some problems that wasn't a problem in 3.0.4. Since SP2 was installed printers get connected \\<ipaddress>\<printer-name> instead of \\<netbios-name>\<printer-name>. It's more common on SP2 machines but it happens on non-SP2 machines. Although these issues are not consistent. Which some windows applications seems to have a

I have a file testing program that creates, writes and indexes a file on the server from the Windows client. On xpp sp1 the program takes 7 sec to write file and 8 sec to read the indexed file. After telling the Firewall to go away I can get the following numbers from xpp sp2; 29..30..45 (tested multiple times) sec to write the file and 7..8 sec to read the file. Any ideas on why the

Hello everyone, I have foolishly installed SP2 on a XP Pro laptop and now I can't print to samba printers anymore. I have upgraded to samba 3.0.7 on my server but it still doesn't work. I see they have patched the 2.2.11 version for something that looks like my issue, but nothing for 3.0.7. I attempted to downgrade my server to 2.2.11, but let's just say that didn't go well.

After upgrading XP to SP2, I can no longer connect to server aliases. The client reports an error 53, "The network path was not found", when doing "net use * \\prof\profile. Mapping to a share on the real netbios name works fine. Anyone else seen this? Setup: samba-3.0.6.rc2 smb.conf [global] netbios aliases = PROF include = /etc/samba/smb.%L smb.prof [profile] path =

I am running Samba 3.0.7 on Gentoo Linux. The server is configured for domain logins and roaming profiles, and there are about 40 Windows XP Pro SP2 clients that login to the domain. This has been setup and working perfectly since October, until this morning. Now, anytime a client tries to login, they get this error: "windows cannot connect to the domain, either because the domain

I'm trying to see what computer is accessing certain files through samba, and the SWAT status page is a useful tool for that. Problem is that for some computers, only the IP address shows, not the NetBIOS name. This is only a problem with certain computers. Since we're using DHCP on many computers I don't always know off the top of my head what computer has any given IP

Running v3.0.2a-SUSE, joined to AD, all clients are XP.SP2 When smb.conf has "smb ports = 139", then %L is populated with the appropriate netbios alias name as selected by the end user, and everything works as expected. When "smb ports = 445" or is not specified, then %L is populated with the host name instead of the alias name. Is there a code patch for %L or an

Hello, I have just performed a yum update on my Fedora 5 machine, which I think included a samba update, and I cannot connect from WinXP to the shares defined on Fedora. When I select the samba server from WIndowsXP, a dialog box prompts for the userid and password. When userid and password are entered the dialog box just redisplays and I am not logged on, no matter how many time I try. I

Hi, I've recently reinstalled our Samba server with a view to getting it working as a PDC using the tdbsam backend. I've successfully connected a number of XP Pro SP2 clients to the domain and can login ok, but I'm have problems getting the clients to read/apply an NTConfig.POL file I created following the instructions at http://www.pcc-services.com/custom_poledit.html I'm seeing

Hi, I'm running samba 2.0.5a under Solaris 2.7 and am seeing a problem where the netbios alias for our print server sometimes becomes unavailable. It is still visible in Network Neighbourhood, but double-clicking comes back with "<blah> could not be found on the network". However, I can connect to the machine OK, by double-clicking on its real name, rather than its alias. I

Hi! I have the problem that a host can not with the 'netbios name' and the 'alias' in a domain. Under samba 2.x it can be done without any problem. My samba version is: 3.2.7 Netbios name: u10 Netbios aliases: u2 Host has only one IP. Security is 'domain'. When I type: # net rpc join MEMBER -U Administrator -n u10 I can join the domain. Access to u10 is successful.

I didn't get any responses, can anyone at least tell me if this should or should not work? Samba 3.0.2a, two servers, each with a netbios name that matches their hostname. The idea was to have two servers live all the time, with the same printer drivers installed, and we could have the clients hitting one or the other via a netbios alias. I set up the netbios alias in smb.conf and dns

Hi ! Is There how I use an alias for a Samba Server ? I tried with dns alias and don't work ! i.e. Name' Samba Server is PARATY, and I'd like that the workstations could communicate with this Samba Server, but using the name SambaPDC. Is it possible ? Thanks, Bruno Stella brunostella@trt15.gov.br Setor de Redes - Secretaria de Informatica Tribunal Regional do

Samba 3.0.2a, two servers, each with a netbios name that matches their hostname. The idea was to have two servers live all the time, with the same printer drivers installed, and we could have the clients hitting one or the other via a netbios alias. I set up the netbios alias in smb.conf and dns cname, and at first things appeared to work. If a client installed a printer using the netbios

Greetings list, I've looked high and low, and cannot find an instance of this particular situation, and thought I might try leveraging the power of the collective hive mind of the user community to solve this problem. My setup is likely not at all common. I've created a bunch of netbios aliases on a single linux box. Each alias has the same name as a particular windows group, like hr

hi all I have a samba server acting as a domain member server providing file/print services to our SME As i want to provide users with a list of available printers for installation, i need to give them a win32 shortcut to "\\samba-server\" so they can see the available printers and install as required BUT... doing so will also show them all of the available shares... not a major

I encountered strange behaviour of "msdfs" when using together with "netbios aliases". E.g I have in smb.conf: [global] netbios name = server netbios aliases = server-oldname .... host msdfs = Yes [share1] path = /var/samba/share1 [share2] msdfs root = Yes msdfs proxy = \penguin\share2 .... From a windows (XP) machine I can now see: \\server\share1 and

Hi,I'm wondering if anyone has run into this but I found out that I can't use Window's VPN connection and logon to Samba using Aliases. I can log into the server using the server's main NetBIOS name but I can't use any of the aliases. Whilst inside the network the aliases work fine.Any ideas on how to get around this?# Samba config file created using SWAT # from 192.168.1.200

Hello, are there any known problems with netbios aliases? My test-setup worked fine, but now, since I've changed the alias, it doesn't seem to work anymore. Does it take some time to update??? I've read that |setting smb-ports to 139 should help, but that doesn't seem to make any difference... Nice regards, bbb |