client: browse doesn't work with only win98 in workgroup

[Richard Sharpe]

On Sat, 1 Mar 2003, Christopher R. Hertel wrote:

> Okay, I understand the problem now.
> 
> The problem is that W/9x boxes do not recognize the generic "*SMBSERVER"
> name in the NBT Session Setup Request.  Also, W/9x boxes will send back an
> error if the called name is not correct in the NBT Session Setup Request.
> You should get a NEGATIVE SESSION RESPONSE (0x83) message with an error code
> of:
>   0x82:  Called Name Not Present
> 
> Since W/9x systems do not support the generic "*SMBSERVER" name, this error
> message is correct.  Basically, it's the NBT equivalent of "That port isn't
> listening for a connection".
> 
> The solution is to find the Server Service name on the remote machine.
> This is typically done by sending a Node Status query and looking for a name
> with a suffix byte value of 0x20.

There is code in libsmbclient to deal with this problem ...

Regards
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