[Samba] Samba and netbios --- HEEEEELLLP!!!

Rongyao eycheu at yahoo.com
Tue Jun 18 09:15:02 GMT 2002


Check out www.samba.org for documentation on Network
neighborhood.

Maybe it is a good idea that you set up a WINS server.

in global section of smb.conf , enter
wins support = yes


--- Dmitry Voronov <dvoronov at uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> Not DNS, NetBIOS over TCP. By name query, I didn't
> mean DNS but NMB.
> 
> Dmitry
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Enrique Sanchez Vela
> [mailto:esanchezvela at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 11:46 AM
> To: Dmitry Voronov; samba
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Samba and netbios ---
> HEEEEELLLP!!!
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  so, are you telling me windows (netbios) uses
> standard tcpip DNS queries ? 
> 
>  I find that difficult to swallow since there are a
> bunch of pcs not in the DNS, "visible" on the
> network
> neighborhood.
> 
> thanks,
> esv
> 
> --- Dmitry Voronov <dvoronov at uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> > Well, it does matter because that's the only way
> the
> > other machines know 
> > you're there. They send out a name query for the
> > domain name and if no 
> > one responds, it's not there. Same with the name
> of
> > the machine. My 
> > problem is actually a little different. After
> > setting up the laptop at 
> > home and bringing it to work, it worked perfectly
> > fine. I just can't get 
> > any other machine on the network to follow suit.
> > 
> > Dmitry
> > 
> > Enrique Sanchez Vela wrote:
> > 
> > >Hi all,
> > >
> > > I have the same problem at the cust lan, I took
> > the
> > >samba server with me, set it up at home and it
> > worked
> > >perfectly at the first time, then took it to the
> > >office it also worked, but when its time to take
> it
> > to
> > >customer's office, it refuses to work.
> > >
> > > the only difference is related to tcp/ip name
> > >resoultion but it should not matter.
> > >
> > >regards,
> > >esv.
> > >
> > >
> > >  -----Original Message-----
> > >From: samba-admin at lists.samba.org
> > >[mailto:samba-admin at lists.samba.org]On
> > >Behalf Of Dmitry Voronov
> > >Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 12:31 PM
> > >To: samba at lists.samba.org
> > >Subject: [Samba] Samba and netbios ---
> > HEEEEELLLP!!!
> > >
> > >
> > >Wow, ok, whatever the problem is, I'm now pretty
> > >convinced that it's 
> > >over my
> > >head. I am trying to setup samba as the PDC for
> our
> > >network. I cannot 
> > >for
> > >the life of me get it to work. I went home, tried
> > it
> > >on my laptop and 
> > >it
> > >worked in 15 seconds. I came to work, setup the
> > server
> > >exactly the same
> > >and...nothing. "The domain either does not exist
> or
> > >could not be 
> > >contacted"
> > >blah blah. I've resorted to looking at the
> details
> > of
> > >what's going on 
> > >with
> > >ethereal. I can see no difference in the way the
> > two
> > >machines register
> > >themselves but the server does not respond to
> name
> > >queries, neither to 
> > >its
> > >netbios name nor the domain name. The laptop
> does.
> > I
> > >am running way 
> > >short on
> > >ideas. I have tried Potato, Woody, Redhat 7.1,
> 7.3.
> > >7.1 is what's on my
> > >laptop. I've tried 2.2.3a-something (6 I think),
> > >2.2.4-2. No 
> > >difference. I
> > >tried duplicating the net setup of the laptop on
> > the
> > >server with no 
> > >luck
> > >(hostnames, static ip etc). I just don't get it.
> IT
> > >SHOULD WORK!!!!!
> > >
> > >Please help!!!
> > >Dmitry
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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