Problem seeing the master domain servers in network neighborhood

[Margaret Doll]

>
>
>Please send any response to margaret_doll at brown.edu
>
>I am running RH 2.4.9-13 and samba 2.2.1a-4 on several systems.
>
>Since the last upgrade I have not been able to consistently see the servers in
>the Network Neighborhood on the Windows computers within the 
>departments.  I can
>connect to them through the "Find" utility, but I have to logon to them; the
>Windows logon is not sufficient.  Again this is sporatic.
>
>Following through the Diagnosis.txt, my servers fail at test 3.  Output is
>attached below along with the results from ifconfig, part of my host table,
>and smb.conf.
>
>I need to get this working smoothly again before school starts and would
>appreciate any help you can give me.
>
Script started on Wed Jan 16 14:42:06 2002

>]# smbclient -L chemps
>added interface ip=128.148.68.50 bcast=128.148.68.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
>added interface ip=127.0.0.1 bcast=127.255.255.255 nmask=255.0.0.0
>Password:
session setup failed: ERRSRV - ERRbadpw (Bad password - name/password 
pair in a Tree Connect or Session Setup are invalid.)

># ifconfig eth0
>eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:C0:4F:61:1D:01 
>           inet addr:128.148.68.50  Bcast:128.148.68.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>           EtherTalk Phase 2 addr:40516/81
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:2097842 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:1370322 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0
>           RX bytes:602721186 (574.7 Mb)  TX bytes:1199164228 (1143.6 Mb)
>
># more /etc/hosts
>127.0.0.1	localhost.localdomain	localhost
>
>128.148.68.50	chemps.chem.brown.edu	chemps
>
>...
>Script done on Wed Jan 16 14:42:42 2002
>
># Samba config file created using SWAT
># from chemps.chem.brown.edu (128.148.68.50)
># Date: 2000/09/28 11:18:08
>
># Global parameters
>[global]
>	workgroup = CHEMISTRY
>	netbios name = CHEMPS
>	server string = Chemistry Samba Server
>	interfaces = 128.148.68.50/24 127.0.0.1
>	security = server
>	encrypt passwords = yes
>#	smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
>	update encrypted = yes
>	min passwd length = 7
>#	unix password sync = yes
>#	passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
>#	passwd chat = *current*password* %o\n *New*password* %n\n 
>*Retype*password* %n\n *updated*successfully*
>#	debug level = 100
>#	passwd chat debug = yes
>	log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
>	max log size = 50
>	socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>#	domain groups = Chemistry
>	domain guest group = Rose-Petruck, Xraygroup, MacMillan, 
>DLAB, NMRGROUP, MASSPEC "WEBER GROUP" Geology
>#	domain guest users = guest
>	domain logons = yes
>	guest account = guest
>	dns proxy = No
>#	wins server = 128.148.124.140
>#If you want Samba to win elections then just set the "os level" global
>#option in smb.conf to a higher number.  It defaults to 0.  Using 34
>#would make it win all elections over every other system (except other
>#samba systems!)
>#
>#A "os level" of 2 would make it beat WfWg and Win95, but not NTAS.  A
>#NTAS domain controller uses level 32.
>#
>#The maximum os level is 255
>
>         os level =100
>	preferred master = Yes
>	domain master = Yes
>	wins proxy = yes
>	wins support = yes
>	dns proxy = no
>	remote announce = 128.148.68.255/Chemistry 
>128.148.124.255/Chemistry 128.148.119.255/Chemistry 
>128.148.116.255/Chemistry
>	invalid users = bin daemon sys adm tty disk lp mem kmem wheel 
>mail news uucp man games gopher dip ftp floppy utmp xfs console 
>ppusers
>	valid users = guest, @chemusers, @geousers, @users
>#	admin users = root
>	username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
>	write list = @chemusers, @users, @geousers
>#	hosts allow = 128.148.68.0/255.255.255.0 
>128.148.124.0/255.255.255.0 128.148.119.0/255.255.255.0 
>128.148.116.0/255.255.255.0 128.148.118.0/255.255.255.0127.
>	hosts allow = 128.148. 127.
>	dos filetimes = Yes
>	dos filetime resolution = Yes
>
>[homes]
>	comment = Home Directories
>	read only = No
>	browseable = No
>
>[printers]
>	comment = All Printers
>	path = /var/spool/samba
>	guest ok = Yes
>	print ok = Yes
>[Mac]
>	comment = Distributed Software for MacIntoshes
>	path = /chemusers/1-MacSoftware
>	volume = Utilities for MacIntoshes
>	guest ok = yes
>[Windows]
>	comment = Distributed Software for Windows
>	path = /chemusers/WinSoftware
>	volume = Utilities for Window Computers
>	guest ok = yes
>
>Again my e-mail address is margaret_doll at brown.edu
>
>Thank you.


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					Margaret Doll  (401-863-1982)
					margaret_doll at brown.edu
					(401) 745-7306 (beeper)