[Samba] Samba not visible on network neighbourhood

[John H Terpstra]

On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Rohit Peyyeti wrote:

> Hello All:
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> I have a small problem in setting up Samba on my NT
> network here. This is the environment on which I'm
> running Samba Server on:
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> Samba Version: 2.2.7-1.7.3
> OS: Redhat 7.3
> Kernel: 2.4.18-18.7.x
>
> Problem description:
> Samba Server is not visible in my windows XP/NT
> network neighborhood. But after I added my
> Samba Server's name & IP address in my hosts
> file, I was able to connect to it this way:
> \\Samba\rohit\ (I can see files in my home share
> on linux box) from my XP box. I guess connectivity
> should be fine between these two machines.
>
> But I still can't see this samba box from my network
> neighborhood. Is there anything which I'm missing?

Yes! Use WINS!

In smb.conf [globals] add:
	wins support = Yes

On each MS Windows client in the TCP/IP settings put the IP address of
your Samba server as the WINS server addresses.

- John T.

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> Here is part of what my smb.conf looks like:
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> workgroup = GENETECH
> server string = Samba Server
> hosts allow = 10.10.10., 127.
> printcap name = /etc/printcap
> load printers = yes
> printing = lprng
> log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
> max log size = 0
> security = domain
> password server = *
> encrypt passwords = yes
> smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
> unix password sync = Yes
> passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
> passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n
> *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
> pam password change = yes
> username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
> obey pam restrictions = yes
> socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
> dns proxy = no
> preserve case = yes
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> Regards,
> Rohit Peyyeti
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John H Terpstra
Email: jht at samba.org