[Samba] Cannot see server in win Neighborhood (again)

[Gaiseric Vandal]

On 12/18/09 10:15, Matias Morawicki wrote:
> Hello u all, sorry to bring this issue back again, but I´ve been
> searching and trying all the advices suggested in previous posts and I
> still can´t see the samba server in the win network neighborhood.
>
> I can see the samba shares from win via net view \\servername
>
> but if I issue a plain "net view" samba won´t show up. only the win
> machines, the same i can see on the Neighborhood...
>
> I´ve tried stopping iptables, different smb.conf from the simple
> examples of t first chapters of samba by example,  to plenty of
> options... that´s why I´m not including my smb.conf, because I´ve
> tried many variations, always with the same results. I even tried a
> working smb.conf from another linux box which was showing in win
> Neighborhood...
>
> and when I select local master = no  Samba would stay without master!
> I issue smbclient -L servername -U% and the master section remains empty.
>
> It´s like samba is not being able to "talk" to the rest of the
> workgroup. (of course they are all in the same workgroup)
>
> Btw, the server is a Centos 5.3, with samba 3.2.15 (it also happened
> with the default samba, so I´ve upgraded just in case...)
>
> I hope someone can point me some directions...
>
> thanks in advance!!
>
> Matias
>    
Are you using a WINS server-  I find that makes a lot of these issues go 
away.    My guess is that your samba machines and windows machines are 
talking to different net bios browser masters (I use WINS servers to 
avoid having to figure out this stuff.)


I have, at home, run in to this same issue with Windows machines 
(workgroup not domain, and no samba servers involved) not seeing each 
other in network neighborhood.     Does turning off the XP firewall 
(assuming that you are using XP Pro) make a difference?