Browse list syncing only works one way -- HELP!

Olaf Solutions samba at olafsolutions.com
Mon Oct 22 11:33:02 GMT 2001


Hey guys,


I have two subnets, 192.168.5.0/24 and 192.168.0.0/24. Each subnet has one
Samba server and few Windows 9x clients.

The first subnet has its samba server acting as the Master Domain
Browser(192.168.5.100/24). This subnet's samaba box also has wins support
set to yes, and of course all machines on both networks is using the wins
server.

The samaba server on the other subnet(192.168.0.2/24) is configured to
be the Local Master Broswer for its network.(192.168.0.0/24). This box is
has wins server=192.168.5.100.


My problem is broswe list syncing is only working in one direction.
The 192.168.0.0/24 LMB includes all local machines as well as the other
subnet, 192.168.5.0/24 which contains the DOmain master browser.

_BUT_, the 192.168.5.0/24 network doesn't have have broswe list for the
192.168.0.0/24 network.

I read BROWSING.txt and Browsing-config.txt several times.

I have my debug level set to 7 on both samba boxes. Couldn't find a clue
there.

Here is the smb.conf from both machines.
Note: I left out the shares info.

========================
192.168.5.100:
/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf
========================
[global]
security=user
netbios name=OlafServer
workgroup=workgroup
encrypt passwords=yes
invalid users=root
debug level=7
os level=34
null passwords=yes
domain master=yes
local master=yes
preferred master=yes
remote announce=192.168.0.2
remote browse sync=192.168.0.2
wins support=yes

hosts allow=192.168.5.0/255.255.255.0 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0 64.244.3.240/255.255.255.248 127.0.0.1
interfaces=192.168.5.100/24 127.0.0.1 64.244.3.245/255.255.255.248
bind interfaces only=yes

< shares snipped >


===============
192.168.0.0:
/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf
================
[global]
security=server
netbios name=whosyourdaddy
workgroup=workgroup
encrypt passwords=yes
invalid users=root
debug level=7
os level=34
null passwords=no
hosts allow=192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0 192.168.5.0/255.255.255.0
hosts deny=0.0.0.0
interfaces=192.168.0.0/24
bind interfaces only=yes
invalid users=root
deadtime=0
socket options=TCP_NODELAY
local master=yes
preferred master=yes
remote announce=192.168.5.100
remote browse sync=192.168.5.100
domain logons=yes
valid users=steve angie downstairs konrad
logon script=AllUsers.bat
time server=yes
wins server=192.168.5.100
# Global printer options
printer driver file=/usr/local/samba/printer$/printers.def

<shares info snipped>



Note:
These networks are routed using VPN gateways. All protocols above IP seem to work.
VPN connection shouldn't be my problem.


Thanks for any help guys.

Steve Maroney





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