[Samba] xp clients can't auth after reboot without smb restart

[Gaiseric Vandal]

in smb.conf

         wins support = Yes

Don't set
             wins server = ....


I don't think the nsswitch.conf is an issue-  it seems like the client 
has trouble finding the server.  Are you using dhcp?  If so, the DHCP 
server (even a unix one) should be able to assign WINS.   If you are not 
using dhcp, or if your dhcp server can not assign wins, you can 
statically set it on the XP client.




On 06/22/2010 04:24 PM, delpheye wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Gaiseric Vandal 
> <gaiseric.vandal at gmail.com <mailto:gaiseric.vandal at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 06/22/2010 01:55 PM, John Drescher wrote:
>
>             "An error occurred while reconnecting Z: to
>             \\domain-fs\business
>             Microsoft Windows Network: The specified network name is
>             no longer available
>             This connection has not been restored."
>
>
>         Looks like a browsing problem to me. Try to reconnect using ip
>         address
>         instead of name.
>
>         John
>
>
>     Are you using WINS?  I find that makes a lot of issues go away.
>
>
> I have wins support enabled in Samba and the following lines in 
> nsswitch.conf:
>
> debug 1
>
> passwd:     files ldap
> shadow:     files ldap
> group:      files ldap
> hosts:      files wins dns
> bootparams: files
> ethers:     files
> netmasks:   files
> networks:   files
> protocols:  files
> rpc:        files
> services:   files
> netgroup:   files ldap
> publickey:  files
> automount:  files ldap
> aliases:    files
>
> Is that all there is to enabling WINS?
>
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