[Samba] Using the right network interface

[John H Terpstra]

On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Simeonidis, Steve wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> samba 2.2.5
> The server I'm using has 2 interfaces so using the
> interface parameter I'm telling samba to use eth0 but
> for some reason when I do netstat it is listening on eth1
>
> interface = eth0 (the IP is 192.168.6.10)

Try adding to smb.conf [globals]:

	interfaces = eth0 loOB
	bind interfaces only = Yes

Then check - it should work.

- John T.

>
>
> netstat -an
> udp        0      0 138.79.161.225:137      0.0.0.0:*
> udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:137             0.0.0.0:*
> udp        0      0 138.79.161.225:138      0.0.0.0:*
>
> 138.79.161.225 is the IP of eth1!??!
>
> I've also tried interface = 192.168.6.10/24
>
> Any ideas??
>
>
> Steve Simeonidis
> Network Engineer, Spherion Education
> Spherion Group Ltd
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John H Terpstra
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