samba as wins server

[llu]

I think broadcast is not going thru your tunnel. If your windows client
is type hybrid(meaning use WINS first then broadcast) it may be failing
to access WINS and so it broadcast and got nothing, despite that you
were able to map drives manually. I experience this problem in a
different setting. I set up DHCP server on RH62 box. I specified type=2
(no broadcast, just WINS) and the windows client couldn't log onto the
domain. I changed back DHCP server and specified type=8(WINS then
broadcast), then it worked. It seems to me that disabling broadcast
makes it fail to work. Try to run tcpdump on your samba server and
capture packets originating from your windows client and post it here.

LLU
Mauro Incrocci wrote:
> 
> I'm using pointopoint tunneling to link two network segments running behind
> firewalls.  The connection between 10.1.1 and 10.1.2 is working and I can
> access machines on the 10.1.2 network from 10.1.1  The problem is that I
> cannot view the workstations in network neighbourhood although I can get to
> them via \\domain\machine1  I'm running RedHat 6.2 and samba 2.0.7.  Below
> is my smb.conf file contents:
> 
> #======================= Global Settings
> =====================================
> [global]
> 
> workgroup = workgroup
> 
> server string = WINS Server
> 
> hosts allow = 10.1.1. 10.1.2. 127.
> 
> printcap name = /etc/printcap
> 
> load printers = yes
> 
> log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
> 
> max log size = 50
> 
> security = user
> 
> encrypt passwords = yes
> 
> smb passwd file = /etc/smbpasswd
> 
> username map = /etc/smbusers
> 
> socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
> 
> interfaces = 10.1.1.1/24 10.1.2.1/24
> 
> local master = yes
> 
> os level = 33
> 
> domain master = yes
> 
> preferred master = yes
> 
> domain logons = yes
> 
> name resolve order = wins lmhosts hosts bcast
> 
> wins support = true
> 
> dns proxy = no
> 
> #============================ Share Definitions
> ==============================
> [homes]
>    comment = Home Directories
>    browseable = no
>    writable = yes
> 
> [printers]
>    comment = All Printers
>    path = /var/spool/samba
>    browseable = no
> # Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print
>    guest ok = no
>    writable = no
>    printable = yes
> 
> [public]
>    comment = Public Stuff
>    path = /home/samba
>    public = yes
>    writable = yes
>    printable = no
>    write list = @staff