[Samba] Summary: RPC error accesing server

[Jordi Vidal]

Thnks who answered, upgrading to 2.2.4 solved my problem.
Original post below:



> Hi
> 
> I have a strange problem with a samba server, 
> 
> When I use "smbclient -L myserver" the shares gets listed ok. 
> 
> When I click on the server icon in a windows explorer box or type
> "\\myserver" I get an "RPC error ocurred" and I can not open the shares
> list. Same with "\\192.168.xx.xx"
> 
> If I type "\\myserver\shared_dir" works fine in the windows box.
> 
> I have others samba servers that just works fine with the same smb.conf
> 
> I think this is not an authentication problem since I use
> security=share; guest=root
> 
> This is the global section in smb.conf:
> [global]
>         netbios name = SERVIDOR
>         netbios aliases = MOTOR_DB
>         workgroup = SERVIDORES
>         server string = Samba_SERVIDOR - Servidor de Ficheros
>         guest account = root
>         log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
>         max log size = 50
>         security = share
>         os level = 2
>         dns proxy = no
>         character set = ISO8859-1
>         client code page = 850
> 
> Hints:
> I captured packets to a "fine_working" server and to this one, differences
> I see is that in the first one the client negotiates a session:
> 
> (First packet, type negprot)
> ------------------------------------------------------
> NBT Session Request
> Flags=0x81000044
> Destination=JORDIVI         NameType=0x20 (Server)   
> Source=AMARTINEZ       NameType=0x00 (Workstation)
> [...]
> 
> (List of packets)
> SMB PACKET: SMBnegprot (REQUEST)
> SMB PACKET: SMBnegprot (REPLY)
> SMB PACKET: SMBsesssetupX (REQUEST)
> SMB PACKET: SMBtconX (REQUEST) (CHAINED)
> SMB PACKET: SMBsesssetupX (REPLY)
> SMB PACKET: SMBtconX (REPLY) (CHAINED)
> SMB PACKET: SMBunknown (REQUEST)
> SMB PACKET: SMBunknown (REPLY)
> SMB PACKET: SMBtrans (REQUEST)
> [...]
> -------------------------------------------------------
> 
> In the "offending" one, the 2 first packets (negprot / Session
> Request) dont appear:
> 
> SMB PACKET: SMBsesssetupX (REQUEST)
> SMB PACKET: SMBtconX (REQUEST) (CHAINED)
> SMB PACKET: SMBsesssetupX (REPLY)
> SMB PACKET: SMBtconX (REPLY) (CHAINED)
> SMB PACKET: SMBunknown (REQUEST)
> SMB PACKET: SMBunknown (REPLY)
> SMB PACKET: SMBtrans (REQUEST)
> SMB PACKET: SMBtrans (REPLY)
> SMB PACKET: SMBtrans (REQUEST)
> [...]
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> I have also observed that when I click in this workgroup (SERVIDORES) it
> waits some seconds to open the servers list. With others workgroups the
> window is openen much faster.
> 
> Any ideas? clients are Windows2000, samba is 2.0.6-9
>