Problems with accessing win98 clients from Winnt4 clients when logged into samba PDC

[Matthew Geddes]

Tracey Maru wrote:

> This is a pretty odd problem.
>
> I have 4 machines, two running WindowsNT server (these are configured to be
> members of the linux/samba PDC), a win98 machine, and the linux/samba PDC.
>
> Both the NT machines and 98 machine can log on to the domain and access
> shares on the PDC.  The NT machines can also access shares on the other NT
> machines but not the win98 box.  The win98 box can access shares on both the
> PDC and the NT machines.
>
> If I log into either of the NT boxes as Administrator of the local machine
> instead of choosing the domain in the drop sown box, then I can see all
> shares on the PDC and win 98.  but when I login to the domain as a domain
> user, no go for the 98 shares?
>
> Any ideas?

Are you trying to browse thourgh network neighbourhood or map the drive? You
could try just adding some temporary lines to lmhosts on the clients and see if
that works. Do you have a WINS server configured?

Matt