Cannot see the domain controller

[Rowland Penny]

On 17/05/13 17:39, Alexander Bokovoy wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 6:51 PM, Rowland Penny <repenny at f2s.com 
> <mailto:repenny at f2s.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 17/05/13 16:31, Marc Muehlfeld wrote:
>
>         Am 17.05.2013 17:02, schrieb bogdan_bartos:
>
>             Was this something that was addressed in the later
>             releases (0.1, 0.2, 0.3,
>             0.4, 0.5)?
>
>
>         No. I think, there's currently no plan when it'll be back.
>
>         https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4826
>
>
>         Regards
>         Marc
>
>
>     Hi,
>     The last date on that bug is 23rd Aug 2007, also the last comment is:
>
>     'Since it's not really a bug, I'll mark it as a feature request.'
>
>     I thought that Samba 4 was supposed to be a replica of Windows
>     server, i.e. if a Windows AD DC can do it then a Samba4 AD DC
>     should be able to do it.
>
>     So working on that assumption, the last statement on the nearly
>     5yr old bug is incorrect, yes it might be a feature, but the lack
>     of networking browsing is a bug ( mind you, this is very much just
>     my opinion ) ;-)
>
> It is generally discouraged to use NetBIOS browsing in Active 
> Directory installs. Since NetBIOS browsing requires broadcasts, they 
> often blocked at router level. WINS is not very much helpful either.
>
> So on Windows side instead of NetBIOS browsing you supposed to publish 
> links to your well-known resources -- either on desktop or in AD.
>
> There is nice old article from 2001 which explains it all: 
> http://windowsitpro.com/networking/life-without-netbios
>
> Make sure to also read comments.
> -- 
> / Alexander Bokovoy
>
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Ok, I have read the 2001 post and know a bit more, but how do you do 
this with Linux? also my main point still remains, you can ( I believe ) 
still use netbios browsing if it is sent up on the windows server.

Rowland



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