Samba and Windows 2000

Thu Nov 14 19:49:35 EST 2002

Yes I have...
I have also tryed to make samba the WINS server, the other option (make windows 2000 
the server, I'll try today) I haven't.

I watched the output of tcpdump on Samba server and when I open "Computers Near Me" 
(former Network Neighberhood) I get (Windows 2000 - PORTUGAL - 10.0.0.11 (mask 
255.0.0.0); Samba Server - BOWIE - 10.0.1.10 (mask 255.0.0.0)):

21:03:05.680615 portugal.netbios-dgm > 10.255.255.255.netbios-dgm: NBT UDP PACKET(138)
21:03:05.681762 portugal.netbios-ns > 10.255.255.255.netbios-ns: NBT UDP PACKET(137): 
QUERY; REQUEST; BROADCAST
21:03:06.429792 portugal.netbios-ns > 10.255.255.255.netbios-ns: NBT UDP PACKET(137): 
QUERY; REQUEST; BROADCAST
21:03:07.180919 portugal.netbios-ns > 10.255.255.255.netbios-ns: NBT UDP PACKET(137): 
QUERY; REQUEST; BROADCAST

But when I try to access Samba (\\BOWIE), I get:

21:03:17.524901 arp who-has 10.0.1.10 tell portugal
21:03:17.524940 arp reply 10.0.1.10 is-at 0:48:54:d0:71:82
21:03:17.525074 portugal > 10.0.1.10: icmp: echo request
21:03:17.525123 10.0.1.10 > portugal: icmp: echo reply
21:03:17.525861 portugal.1039 > 10.0.1.10.microsoft-ds: S 3963111688:3963111688(0) win 
16384 <mss 1460,nop,nop,sackOK> (DF)
21:03:17.525909 10.0.1.10 > portugal: icmp: 10.0.1.10 tcp port microsoft-ds unreachable 
[tos 0xc0]
21:03:17.526854 arp who-has 192.33.4.12 tell 10.0.1.10
21:03:17.528146 portugal.1040 > 10.0.1.10.netbios-ssn: S 3963156749:3963156749(0) win 
16384 <mss 1460,nop,nop,sackOK> (DF)
21:03:17.528195 10.0.1.10 > portugal: icmp: 10.0.1.10 tcp port netbios-ssn unreachable 
[tos 0xc0]
21:03:18.526242 arp who-has 192.33.4.12 tell 10.0.1.10
21:03:19.526241 arp who-has 192.33.4.12 tell 10.0.1.10
21:03:19.529660 arp who-has 198.32.64.12 tell 10.0.1.10
21:03:20.511439 portugal.1040 > 10.0.1.10.netbios-ssn: S 3963156749:3963156749(0) win 
16384 <mss 1460,nop,nop,sackOK> (DF)
21:03:20.511497 10.0.1.10 > portugal: icmp: 10.0.1.10 tcp port netbios-ssn unreachable 
[tos 0xc0]
21:03:20.511537 portugal.1039 > 10.0.1.10.microsoft-ds: S 3963111688:3963111688(0) win 
16384 <mss 1460,nop,nop,sackOK> (DF)
21:03:20.511548 10.0.1.10 > portugal: icmp: 10.0.1.10 tcp port microsoft-ds unreachable 
[tos 0xc0]
21:03:20.528189 arp who-has 198.32.64.12 tell 10.0.1.10
21:03:21.528194 arp who-has 198.32.64.12 tell 10.0.1.10
21:03:21.532416 arp who-has 198.41.0.4 tell 10.0.1.10
21:03:22.524284 arp who-has portugal tell 10.0.1.10
21:03:22.524465 arp reply portugal is-at 0:48:54:d0:74:95
21:03:22.532091 arp who-has 198.41.0.4 tell 10.0.1.10
21:03:23.532100 arp who-has 198.41.0.4 tell 10.0.1.10
21:03:23.534359 arp who-has 192.112.36.4 tell 10.0.1.10
21:03:24.534049 arp who-has 192.112.36.4 tell 10.0.1.10
21:03:25.534057 arp who-has 192.112.36.4 tell 10.0.1.10

And these lines with strange IP addresses continue changing!!!!
Where do they come from?

Regards,
A. Jorge

Citando James McNeill <james at heague.com.au>:

} 
} Have you tried skipping name resolution all together? eg. 
} '\\192.168.0.2\shareddrv'.
} Windows 2K likes to be it's own WINS (windows internet name service) 
} server. Samba also has an option to be one. Pick one of them, and tell 
} the other to use it.
} what happens when you access Samba from Network Neighberhood browser?
} 
} -James
} 
} António Jorge S. Tavares wrote:
} 
} >Hi,
} >   I have two computers connected to each other (using a crossed cable), one
} running 
} >Windows 2000 and the other RedHat Linux 8.0.
} >
} >   I installed, configured (users and all) and started Samba, to share some
} folders on 
} >the Linux machine, and tryed to find the computer on the Windows machine, it
} showed up 
} >on my Network Neighberhood with the name and comments that I defined on the
} smb.conf 
} >file, so I thought "great, its done". No, not done!!! The problem is when I
} try to 
} >access the computer ("\\<server>"), it takes some time, and then it tells me
} "Network 
} >path not found".
} >
} >   I tryed and added each computer name to the others "hosts" file, didn't
} work.
} >
} >   Then, I confirmed if smbd and nmbd deamons are running - they are, so I
} looked at 
} >the output of tcpdump, and it seems that the broadcast is recognized when I
} try to 
} >connect from Windows machine.
} >   Is there something else to configure regarding the network? What can be
} happening?
} >
} >   Thanks in advance, regards,
} >
} >   A. Jorge Tavares
} >
} >
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