[Samba] WinXP. Ugh.

Keith G. Murphy keithmur at mindspring.com
Tue Mar 5 10:01:07 GMT 2002


"Homann, Mathias" wrote:
> 
> James Nord wrote:
> 
> > Upgrade to 2.2.2 or 2.2.3a
> >
> > Many XP related things have been fixed in these two releases.
> 
> then Why Oh Why can't find win2k/Winxp my samba 2.2.3a based PDC
> (configured as in the pdc howto, even JOINING the domain works!!)?
> answer: because samba doesnt answer to the strange FINDCONTROLLER
> request my win2k/winxp sends to some strange multicast address on port
> 80.
> that friggin win2k/xp doesnt even TRY to go to wins for finding
> anything, BUT it registers ITSELF!! as a domain master browser and
> stuff.
> 
If it makes you feel better, I've had the same kind of grief with Win2K
and WinXP machines trying (or not trying?) to find a *Win2K* WINS
server.




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