[Samba] Vanishing work group on samba 2.2.8

[Greg Hitchcock]

Hello
 
I have a small problem which I hope you can help with.
 
We are running samba 2.2.8a on a V880 using Solaris 9. Up until today there were, as far as we know, no problems with the service.
 
Today a change was done to add 6 additional shares to the system. This was done by editing the configuration file and issuing a kill -HUP to the samba service.
 
All appeared to be OK until access was attempted to the new shares - as it turns out the list of authorised users was incorrect but that was not the cause of the problem.
 
Further investigation using 'map network drive' in windows xp explorer showed that the work group was no longer listed. 
 
The first thought was a configuration file error so the original configuration file was restored and the samba service re-started. The workgroup was still not visible.
 
Users already connected to the samba shares seem to be working without a problem but no new connections seem to be possible.
 
Has anybody come across this particular situation before ? and if so what is the solution please?
 
I have included the samba configuration file below for information.
 
Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
 
Regards
 
Greg Hitchcock
 
# Samba config file created from copy of smb.conf.saturn
# Global parameters        workgroup = xxxxxxxxx        netbios name = xxxxxx        server string = %h        interfaces = 192.168.1.84/255.255.255.0        log file = /var/samba/log/log.%m        max open files = 128        socket options = TCP_NODELAY        printcap name = /etc/printcap        comment = SunV880        security = share
[homes]        comment = home [%H]        read only = No        create mask = 0750
[printers]        comment = All Printers        path = /tmp        create mask = 0700        guest ok = Yes        print ok = Yes        browseable = No
[STIMPY$]        comment = STIMPY SQL Backups        path = /home/STIMPY        read only = no        guest ok = yes        create mask = 0700
[INVENSYS]        comment = Invensys Job Analysis Report        path = /home/invensys        read only = no        guest ok = yes
[Share]        comment = Public Share        path = /home/share        read only = no        guest ok = yes
[tmp$]        comment = Hidden temp share        path = /tmp        read only = No        create mask = 0666        guest ok = Yes
[temp$]        comment = Another hidden temp share        path = /temp        read only = No        create mask = 0666        guest ok = Yes
[FTP$]        comment = EDI FTP root directory        path = /usr1/ftp        read only = No        create mask = 0666        guest ok = Yes
[FTP_DEV$]        comment = Development EDI FTP root directory        path = /usr1/ftp_dev        read only = No        create mask = 0666        guest ok = Yes[FTP2$]        comment = EDI FTP root directory        path = /usr2/ftp        read only = No        create mask = 0666        guest ok = Yes
[UDT DOCS]        comment = Unidata Documentation        path = /usr1/ud/udtdoc/udt41        read only = No        guest ok = Yes
[KARDEX.IN]        comment = Kardex incoming files        path = /usr1/ud/AN/ORB.KARDEX.IN        read only = No        guest ok = Yes
[KARDEX.OUT]        comment = Kardex outgoing files        path = /usr1/ud/AN/ORB.KARDEX.OUT        read only = No        guest ok = Yes
[ASTROWEB$]        path = /usr1/ud/AN/INCOMING        read only = No        create mask = 0666        guest ok = Yes
[ASTROWEB.OUT]        path = /usr1/ud/AN/OUTGOING        read only = No        create mask = 0666        guest ok = Yes
[INCOMING]        path = /usr1/ud/AN/INCOMING        read only = No        guest ok = Yes
[INCOMING_ARC$]        path = /usr1/ud/AN/INCOMING.ARC        read only = No        guest ok = Yes
[usr1$]        comment = usr1 directory        path = /usr1        read only = No        create mask = 0666        guest ok = Yes
[work$]        comment = work directory        path = /work        read only = No        create mask = 0666        guest ok = Yes
## Thomas Cook input/output directories#[TC_INCOMING$]        path = /usr1/ud/AN/TC_INCOMING        read only = No        create mask = 0666        guest ok = Yes
[TC_OUTGOING$]        path = /usr1/ud/AN/TC_OUTGOING        read only = No        create mask = 0666        guest ok = Yes
[TX_OUTGOING$]        path = /usr1/ud/AN/TX_OUTGOING        read only = No        create mask = 0666        guest ok = Yes
## #[LC_INCOMING$]        path = /usr1/ud/AN/LCCI_INCOMING        read only = No        create mask = 0666        guest ok = Yes
## Development INCOMING directory#[DEVINCOMING$]        path = /usr1/ud/SOPDEV/INCOMING        read only = No        create mask = 0666        guest ok = Yes
[DEVOUTGOING$]        path = /usr1/ud/SOPDEV/OUTGOING        read only = No        create mask = 0666        guest ok = Yes
[DEV_INPUT$]        path = /usr1/ud/SOPDEV/ATP_INPUT        read only = No        create mask = 0666        guest ok = Yes
[DEV_OUTPUT$]        path = /usr1/ud/SOPDEV/ATP_OUTPUT        read only = No        create mask = 0666        guest ok = Yes
[EURO_IN$]        path = /usr1/ud/AN_EURO/INCOMING        read only = No        create mask = 0666        guest ok = Yes
[EURO_OUT$]        path = /usr1/ud/AN_EURO/OUTGOING        read only = No        create mask = 0666        guest ok = Yes
[EURO_INPUT$]        path = /usr1/ud/AN_EURO/ATP_INPUT        read only = No        create mask = 0666        guest ok = Yes
[EURO_OUTPUT$]        path = /usr1/ud/AN_EURO/ATP_OUTPUT        read only = No        create mask = 0666        guest ok = Yes
[ATP_INPUT$]        path = /usr1/ud/AN/ATP_INPUT        read only = No        create mask = 0666        guest ok = Yes
[ATP_OUTPUT$]        path = /usr1/ud/AN/ATP_OUTPUT        read only = No        create mask = 0666        guest ok = Yes
[ATP_ERRORS$]        path = /usr1/ud/AN/ATP_ERRORS        read only = No        create mask = 0666        guest ok = Yes
[ATP_ARCHIVE$]        path = /usr1/ud/AN/ATP_ARCHIVE        read only = No        create mask = 0666        guest ok = Yes
[RLOGIC$]        path = /usr1/rlogic        read only = No        guest ok = Yes
[RL_REPORT$]        path = /usr1/rlogic/report        read only = Yes        guest ok = Yes
[RLOGIC_DEV$]        path = /usr1/rlogic_dev        read only = No        guest ok = Yes
[RL_REPORT_DEV$]        path = /usr1/rlogic_dev        read only = No        guest ok = Yes
## [TSBTEMP]        path = /usr1/ud/ASTRON/TSBTEMP        read only = No        guest ok = Yes## #[SOPDEV_INPUT]        path = /usr1/ud/SOPDEV/ESB_INPUT        read only = no        valid users = xxxxxxxx        guest ok = Yes
[SOPDEV_OUTPUT]        path = /usr1/ud/SOPDEV/ESB_OUPUT        read only = no        guest ok = Yes        valid users = xxxxxxxx
[INPUT]        path = /usr1/ud/AN/ESB_INPUT        read only = no        guest ok = Yes        valid users = xxxxxxxx
[OUTPUT]        path = /usr1/ud/AN/ESB_OUTPUT        read only = no        guest ok = Yes        valid users = xxxxxxxx
[EURO_INPUT]        path = /usr1/ud/AN_EURO/ESB_INPUT        read only = no        guest ok = Yes        valid users = xxxxxxxx
[EURO_OUTPUT]        path = /usr1/ud/AN_EURO/ESB_OUTPUT        read only = no        guest ok = Yes        valid users = xxxxxxxx
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