[Samba] Cannot see the samba server in Network Neighbourhood

[Noel Kelly]

Mark,

Yes clearly your Samba machine is becoming the master browser from the log
but I am suspicious of the 'os level' parameter being set to 2 (see below).

You can search the archives at  http://marc.theaimsgroup.com (see
http://samba.mirror.ac.uk/samba/archives.html)

HTH
Noel


 os level (G)
              This integer value controls what level Samba advertises
itself  as
              for  browse  elections.  The  value  of  this  parameter
determines
              whether nmbd(8) has a chance of becoming a local master
browser for
              the  WORKGROUP in the local broadcast area.

              Note  :By  default, Samba will win a local master browsing
election
              over all Microsoft operating systems except a Windows  NT
4.0/2000
              Domain  Controller.  This means that a misconfigured Samba
host can
              effectively isolate a subnet  for  browsing  purposes.  See
BROWS-
              ING.txt in the Samba docs/ directory for details.

              Default: os level = 20

              Example: os level = 65

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Frayling [mailto:mark.frayling at asa.co.uk]
Sent: 29 October 2002 13:51
To: Noel Kelly
Subject: Re: [Samba] Cannot see the samba server in Network
Neighbourhood


Noel

Thx for the quick reply.

I have attached my smb.conf file along with the relevant log files.

This setup, using the attached smb.conf file has been working ok with an 
older version of samba, how do i tell what version i am running?

I installed SuSE version 8.0 which ships with a newer version and once 
installed i thought it would be a simple job of copying over my smb.conf 
and smbpasswd files.

nmbd -D and smbd -D are running ok.

I am not sure what you mean about the WINS server being used by another? 
 I thought it had to run as a WINS server to handle the NetBIOS traffic 
to it?

Thanks again

--Mark

PS

I have been trying to search for past postings, is there such a place?

Noel Kelly wrote:

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>
>It would be helpful if you could post you smb.conf and let us know what
role
>the Samba machine is taking in the network. Sounds like the Samba machine
>could be set to be a wins server but is being usurped by another server?
>
>Also check your nmbd log file and check nmbd is actually running.
>
>Noel
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mark Frayling [mailto:mark.frayling at asa.co.uk]
>Sent: 29 October 2002 12:56
>To: samba at lists.samba.org
>Subject: [Samba] Cannot see the samba server in Network Neighbourhood
>
>
>Hi
>I am a newbie to samba after taking over from a previous administrator.
>
>I have upgraded to the version that ships with SuSE linux 8.0 and copied 
>over the old smb.config and smbpasswd files.
>
>I can see the shares from a remote SWAT connection and also using the 
>interactive method via a DOS window, but cannot get the shares to be 
>seen via Network Neighbourhood.  I am thinking that this may be a 
>NetBios problem, but cannot pinpoint it.
>Any help would be muchly appreciated.
>
>  
>

-- 
Mark Frayling
IT Systems Administrator
Advanced System Architectures Ltd



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