[Samba] Connection failed with smbclient

[David A. Bandel]

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Folks,

I looked through the archives, but didn't see anything like this.

I have a network with a mix of Win95, Win98, and WinME clients (and one
Linux system w/ Samba server version 2.2.2).

All systems belong to a workgroup called "Oteima".

All Win95 and Win98 clients see all other systems (including the Linux
box) in one list.

However, a couple of systems (notably the WinME systems) see _two_ Oteima
workgroups.

Problem is, the Samba server, using nmblookup can find _all_ systems, but
using smbclient can only connect to the Windoze systems listed in one
Oteima workgroup, but get a connection failed when trying to connect to
systems in the other Oteima workgroup.

I very methodically checked using nmblookup and sbmclient whether I could
see/connect to every system.

[root at appgen root]# nmblookup caja
querying caja on 192.168.5.255
192.168.5.42 caja<00>
[root at appgen root]# smbclient //caja/c
added interface ip=192.168.5.50 bcast=192.168.5.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
Connection to caja failed

if I could resolve _why_ some Win systems have _two_ Oteima workgoups (one
to which I can connect to _all_ listed systems and one to which I cannot
connect to any) I could resolve this dilemna.

I've tried:  changing workgroup name (all lowercase, all uppercase, mixed
upper/lower case); encrypt passwds yes/no.  Changing protocol mins and
maxs (from CORE to NT1).  I'm running out of ideas.

Any and all suggestions welcome.

David A. Bandel
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