[Samba] Win98 troubles

[John H Terpstra]

On Thu, 31 Jul 2003, Bob Crandell wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a client with 2 Win98 out of 15 computers that refuse to see the server when
> they first turn them on in the morning.  When they logon as a new user, not a
> reboot, it connects and they work fine for the rest of the day.  They can even
> reboot whenever they want throughout the day and it works, but when they turn it off
> over night, the computers refuse to see the domain the next morning.  Help.
>
> One computer's IP is DHCP the other is static.  The server OS is Slackware 9.0,
> Samba 2.2.8a.  I added the server netbios name and the domain name IP address to the
> workstations' local hosts file and I added those workstations' IP addresses to the
> server hosts file.  I hard coded the network speed to 100/half duplex.

Looks like you have chosen to make life painful Bob. That's what you get
without WINS.

Suggest you add to [globals] wins support = yes

Then in your dhcpd.conf file add:
	options netbios-name-servers 'IP-addr-of-Samba-Server';
	options netbios-node-type 8;

Then on all hard coded IP address workstations set the IP of your Samba
server as the WINS server address in the TCP/IP settings.

That should help to getthings moving a little smoother.

- John T.

>
>
> [global]
>         comment = Our server
>         workgroup = CCWGroup
>         netbios name = Master
>         server string = Samba Server 2.2.8a
>         domain master = yes
>         domain logons = yes
>         wins support = yes
>         local master = yes
>         security = user
>
>         printing = bsd
>         load printers = yes
>         printcap name = /etc/printcap
>
>         guest account = pcguest
> #   Win9x needs this
>         logon script = %U.bat
> #   WinNT needs these
> #       logon script = logon.cmd
> #        logon drive =
> #        logon home =
>         logon path =
>         add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g users -s
> /dev/false -M %u
>         encrypt passwords = yes
>
>         debug level = 1
>         max log size = 50
>         log file = /var/log/samba.log
>
>         kernel oplocks = no
>         nt acl support = yes
>         csc policy = disable
>         write cache size = 262144
> #       socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>         preserve case = yes
>         short preserve case = yes
>         deadtime = 120
>         os level = 64
>
> Thanks for trying.
>
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> Bob Crandell
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>
>

-- 
John H Terpstra
Email: jht at samba.org