nmb error 6

[Michael H. Warfield]

On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 04:56:41PM -0700, MCCALL,DON (HP-USA,ex1) wrote:
> Keith,
> It appears that you are using the same name for your workgroup as you are
> for your samba server name.  I'm not sure of the 'legality' of this, but do
> recall that it is typically not recommended.
> Is this the case?

	Has not been legal for sometime.  Got burned on this myself.

> don
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Reynolds [mailto:kreynolds at ascensionhealth.org]
> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 16:22
> To: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: nmb error 6
> 
> 
> When I start nmb, I see the following messages in the log.nmb file:
>  
> 2001/02/05 14:59:45, 1¨ nmbd/nmbd.c:main(757)
> 
>  Netbios nameserver version 2.0.7 started.
> 
>  Copyright Andrew Tridgell 1994-1998
> 
> 2001/02/05 14:59:45, 0¨ nmbd/nmbd_nameregister.c:register_name_response(111)
> 
>  register_name_response: server at IP 180.30.127.67 rejected our name
> registration of EVV1VLNXB4<00> with error code 6.
> .
> .
> .
> Unable to find the Domain Master Browser name EVV1VLNXB4<1b> for the
> workgroup EVV1VLNXB4.
> Unable to sync browse lists in this workgroup.                            
> 
>  
>  
> As a result, I can not get to the Samba server from Windows.  Does anyone
> know what this error 6 means?
>  
> Thanks,
> Keith
> 

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