Dual samba servers and Win2k and browsing?

Bunny Pfau bunny at hao.ucar.edu
Thu Oct 25 08:57:04 GMT 2001


HEllo:

I have a 2.2.1 Samba server set up and in operation on our network (Solaris 7)
I am TRYING to experiment with a different configuration, using Samba as a 
PDC for our up-and-coming Win2K conversion, so I have
a second, experimental, 2.2.2 samba server set up on the same network.

As I said, I am trying to make the experimental server be a PDC for Win2k
machines  The first server is just using workgroups and serves our existing
Win98 machines.


I *think* I have some sort of browse(?) conflict going on between the 
two servers.


Here is data to identify the computers involved

   The operational server has netbios name HAOSERVER, on host 128.117.16.5)
    and it serves workgroup "HAO"
    
   The experimental server has netbios name BOB (host 128.117.16.39) and it
    serves domain "SAMBA2"
    
   The Win2k client I try to connect to BOB (SAMBA2 domain) is 128.117.16.205
   

Here are the problems I experience:

* I can't get a Win2k machine to join the domain of my experimental server
     (although I think I am doing this right since I did this months ago 
     when I just had ONE server running!).
  When I try to join the Win2k computer to the new, experimental domain,
  I get the message "The specified domain either does not exist or 
  could not be contacted."  However, on the Win2k machine, I can indeed
  SEE the domain when I go to My Network Places and click on "Entire
  Network," so I know that the network connectivity is fine.  I can even
  click on that icon and get to resources that I have shared there--
  logging in as "root" and with the password that I have listed in 
  the smbpasswd file, so I know that that is working ok.
  
* I get some funny messages in the nmbd.log of the experimental server 
  which repeat over and over (I get also other funny stuff, but I'm
  trying to be selective about what part of the nmbd.log file I send):
  
  
[2001/10/25 09:34:22, 4] nmbd/nmbd_workgroupdb.c:find_workgroup_on_subnet(164)
  find_workgroup_on_subnet: workgroup search for SAMBA2 on subnet 128.117.16.39: 
found.
[2001/10/25 09:34:22, 4] nmbd/nmbd_workgroupdb.c:find_workgroup_on_subnet(164)
  find_workgroup_on_subnet: workgroup search for SAMBA2 on subnet 
UNICAST_SUBNET: found.
[2001/10/25 09:34:22, 4] nmbd/nmbd_workgroupdb.c:find_workgroup_on_subnet(164)
  find_workgroup_on_subnet: workgroup search for SAMBA2 on subnet 
UNICAST_SUBNET: found.
[2001/10/25 09:34:23, 4] nmbd/nmbd_workgroupdb.c:find_workgroup_on_subnet(164)
  find_workgroup_on_subnet: workgroup search for SAMBA2 on subnet 128.117.16.39: 
found.
[2001/10/25 09:34:23, 4] nmbd/nmbd_workgroupdb.c:dump_workgroups(292)
  dump_workgroups()
   dump workgroup on subnet   128.117.16.39: netmask=  255.255.255.0:
        SAMBA2(1) current master browser = BOB
                BOB 40049b0b (Samba2.2.1_bob)
[2001/10/25 09:34:23, 4] nmbd/nmbd_workgroupdb.c:dump_workgroups(292)
  dump_workgroups()
   dump workgroup on subnet  UNICAST_SUBNET: netmask=   128.117.16.5:
        SAMBA2(1) current master browser = UNKNOWN
                BOB 40019a03 (Samba2.2.1_bob)
[2001/10/25 09:34:23, 4] nmbd/nmbd_workgroupdb.c:find_workgroup_on_subnet(164)
  find_workgroup_on_subnet: workgroup search for SAMBA2 on subnet 128.117.16.39: 
found.
[2001/10/25 09:34:23, 4] nmbd/nmbd_workgroupdb.c:find_workgroup_on_subnet(164)
  find_workgroup_on_subnet: workgroup search for SAMBA2 on subnet 128.117.16.39: 
found.
[2001/10/25 09:34:23, 4] nmbd/nmbd_workgroupdb.c:find_workgroup_on_subnet(164)
  find_workgroup_on_subnet: workgroup search for SAMBA2 on subnet 
UNICAST_SUBNET: found.
[2001/10/25 09:34:23, 8] lib/util.c:is_myname(1325)
  is_myname("BOB") returns 1
[2001/10/25 09:34:23, 8] lib/util.c:is_myname(1325)
  is_myname("BOB") returns 1
[2001/10/25 09:34:23, 3] nmbd/nmbd_serverlistdb.c:write_browse_list(458)
  write_browse_list: Wrote browse list into file 
/opt/local/samba/var/locks/browse.dat
[2001/10/25 09:34:23, 4] nmbd/nmbd_workgroupdb.c:find_workgroup_on_subnet(164)
  find_workgroup_on_subnet: workgroup search for SAMBA2 on subnet 
UNICAST_SUBNET: found.
[2001/10/25 09:34:23, 4] nmbd/nmbd_workgroupdb.c:find_workgroup_on_subnet(164)
  find_workgroup_on_subnet: workgroup search for SAMBA2 on subnet 
UNICAST_SUBNET: found.
[2001/10/25 09:34:24, 5] libsmb/nmblib.c:read_packet(741)
  Received a packet of len 201 from (128.117.16.205) port 138
[2001/10/25 09:34:24, 5] nmbd/nmbd_packets.c:process_dgram(1242)
  process_dgram: ignoring dgram packet sent to name HAO<1d> from 128.117.16.205
  
  
  
Here is most of the smb.conf file from the operational server:

 # Global parameters
 [global]
	workgroup = HAO
	netbios name = HAOSERVER
	server string = Samba2.2.1_jabba
	username map = /opt/local/samba/lib/users.map
	log level = 2
	log file = /opt/local/samba/logs/log.%m
	max log size = 2000
	os level = 64
	preferred master = True
	domain master = True
	wins server = 128.117.16.5
 #	wins support = Yes
	admin users = root
	printer admin = root
	hosts allow = 128.117.16.0/255.255.255.0 128.117.104.0/255.255.255.0  
128.117.68.0/255.255.255.0 128.117.65.0/255.255.255.0

 [homes]
        comment = Home Directories
	read only = No
	browseable = No

 [printers]
        comment = All Printers
	path = /tmp
	create mask = 0700
	printable = Yes
	browseable = Yes



Here is most of the smb.conf file from the experimental server:


 # Global parameters
 [global]
        workgroup = SAMBA2
	netbios name = BOB
	server string = Samba2.2.1_bob
	encrypt passwords = Yes
	username map = /opt/local/samba/lib/users.map
	log level = 8
	log file = /opt/local/samba/logs/%m.log
	domain logons = Yes
	os level = 64
	preferred master = True
	domain master = True
	wins server = 128.117.16.5
	admin users = root ntadmin bunny
	printer admin = root
	hosts allow = 128.117.16.0/255.255.255.0 128.117.16.205

 [homes]
        comment = Home Directories
	read only = No
	browseable = No

 [bobd]
      	comment = bob:/local/d
	path = /bob/d
	read only = No
	create mask = 0644
	
 [netlogon]
        path = /opt/local/samba/lib/netlogon
	write list = root

 [profiles]
        path = /opt/local/samba/profiles
	read only = No
	create mask = 0600
	directory mask = 0700



Thanks for any help!  
Bunny





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