nmbd stangeness

[Jim Morris]

Hi all...

I am getting a whole lot of the following messages showing up in the 
"log.nmbd" file on my system. Anyone have any ideas as to what could 
be causing this? I can't even find this message in the Samba source 
(1.9.17p2).  Note that the Samba server is setup as a WINS server, 
domain master browser, with domain logons.

"reply_netbios_packet: r_a not to be used when not a WINS server"

These messages start shortly after nmbd is started, and eventually 
will fill up the log file to its 500KB limit.

On a separate note, a much more serious problem has developed.  A 
Samba system that has been running for well over 100 days since the 
last reboot - although it has been upgraded on-the-fly to 1.9.17p2, 
suddenly has started refusing user logons from Win95 clients, giving 
messages such as:

  "Password invalid or access to server denied"

Several logon attempts are usually required before the Win95 clients 
can get on.

Even MORE serious than this is the fact that the Samba server has 
suddenly started dropping active network connections to Win95 
clients.

The ONLY thing that changed recently on this network was the addition 
of a WinNT server. Nominally it was a domain controller on another 
domain, but it was on the same subnet.  The NT box has been shutdown 
since this problem developed.  The network card in the Samba server 
has also been replaced, and the system (Linux) restarted.  I've even 
reverted from 1.9.17p2 to 1.9.17p1, but of course that made no 
difference.

HELP! I've fallen and I can't get up! I am at a loss for now, and the 
longer this goes on, the more likely it is that someone (not me) will 
format the Samba server's disks and install NT! We don't want that to 
happen, now do we?

Thanks!

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