SAMBA and NT browsing

[Anthony Ewell]

Hi Georg,

   I have several Samba, NT workstation networks.  The NT network
neighborhood will disappear if the "guest" account gets bumped.
Add (and modify to taste) the following lines to your [global]
section of smb.conf:

       guest account = pcguest
       log file = /var/log/samba-log.%m
       max log size = 50   ; size in Kb

Then go to /var/log samba-log.[nt name] and check
your errors.  It will show if your guest account is
getting bumped.  (I added an entry to /etc/smbpasswd
for pcguest to cure mine.)

Good luck,
--Tony
aewell at gbis.com



Georg Skillas wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am trying to set up samba shares  for a W95 and a WNT4.0 Workstation
> box. The W95 box seems to be fairly happy with the whole situation. It
> sees both the WNT and the samba server in its Network Neighborhood and it
> can use the samba printer and fileshares. The WNT box sees nothing
> (It only fails the last of the 10 tests in the DIAGNOSTIC.txt) but can
> use everything (printer, shares). The smb.conf file has evolved into:
>
> [SAXSfiles]
>  allow hosts = localhost, a.b.
>  path = /home/fileserv
>  public = yes
>  guest only = yes
>  browseable = yes
>  writeable = yes
>
> [SAXStylus]
>  allow hosts = localhost, a.b.
>  path = /tmp
>  printer = lp
>  printing = BSD
>  writeable = no
>  browseable = yes
>  public = yes
>  guest only = yes
>  printable = yes
>
> [global]
>  name resolve order = lmhosts host
>  interfaces = a.b.c.d/a1.b1.c1.d1
>  announce as = NT
>  security = share
>  nt smb support = no
>  public = yes
>  printer = lp
>  load printers = no
>  guest only = yes
>  browseable = yes
>  os level = 33
>  wins support = yes
>  local master = yes
>  domain master = yes
>  dns proxy = no
>  workgroup = UC_SAXS
>  netbios name = SAXServer
>  allow hosts = localhost, a.b.c.e, a.b.c.f, a.b.
>
> where a,b,c,d,e,f are IP address segments (00h-FFh). Although the system
> is basically usable it would be a welcome feature if the browsing worked,
> so that access is easier.
>
> TIA
>
> George
>
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