[Samba] The Network path was not found - Please help

[Desmond Quek]

Hi Joel,

	Thanks for your tip!  Unless I have to, I'd rather prefer not to use
lmhosts. 

	I actually had "wins server" and some other global parameters
recommended in BROWSING.txt defined in smb.conf.  But I'm still having
this cross subnet browsing issue.  Not sure what am I missing...


Desmond

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [Samba] The Network path was not found - Please help
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 22:01:18 -0400
From: Joel Hammer <Joel at HammersHome.com>
To: Desmond Quek <dquek at jni.com>, samba at lists.samba.org
References: <3CC49D60.357CEF96 at jni.com>

This is a question of cross subnet browsing. Read the BROWSING.txt file
in docs/textdocs directory in the sources.  You need a wins server for
cross subnet browsing.

I think you have answered your own question, pretty much. Basically,
netbios names and DNS names are not always the same.  If the clients
just have to find the one server, not all the other clients on all the
other subnets, just putting the server netbios name and ip in lmhosts
on each client might do the trick. Putting the server netbios name on
your DNS server also might help.

Joel

On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 04:31:44PM -0700, Desmond Quek wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> 	I'm running 2.2.3a on Solaris 7, with bunch of Win2k and XP clients
> from several subnets.  For the clients that are on the same subnet as
> the server, everything works fine.  But for the clients that are on a
> subnet different from the server, users are getting "The network path
> was not found" error when doing:
> 
> 	Start->Run...->\\storage\depot
> 
> 	or double-clicking on the "storage" icon in "My Network Places"
> 
> 	Users ARE able to get to the share with no errors, however, if they use
> IP or fully qualified domain name (\\storage.jni.com\depot) of the
> server instead.  What am I missing here?
> 
> 	Here's my smb.conf file:
> 
> [global]
>     workgroup = Software
>     server string = Samba %v
>     netbios name = Storage
>     lock dir = /var/samba/locks
>     log file = /usr/local/admin/logs/samba/smbd-%v-%h
>     log level = 2
>     load printers = no
>     max log size = 5000
>     security = user
>     encrypt passwords = yes
>     username map = /usr/local/admin/samba-%v/lib/software/users.map
>     smb passwd file = /usr/local/admin/samba-%v/lib/software/smbpasswd
>     socket options = TCP_NODELAY 
>     dns proxy = no
>     max disk size = 30000
>     deadtime = 15
>     utmp = yes
>     wins server = 10.137.1.244
>     domain master = yes
>     local master = yes
>     preferred master = yes
>     os level = yes
> [depot]
>     comment = Storage for Software group
>     path = /home/depot
>     browseable = yes
>     writable = yes
>     case sensitive = yes
>     force create mode = 0664
>     force directory mode = 0775
>     force group = +software
>     valid users = +software
>     public = no
>     printable = no
> 
> 	Any help will be appreciated!
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Desmond
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