[Samba] XP can see Linux but Win98 can't

[richard]

Hi Caleb, I doubt you need "remote announce" param. I see samba server
is also a wins server..are w98 clients configured to use it? Are they
set to the workgroup "WORKGROUP" ? Test network connectivity...ping from
one to another ok?
See "diagnosis.txt" for an excellent step by step test procedure to
follow. post results ..regards,
Richard Coates.

On Sun, 2003-03-23 at 03:02, Caleb Hanger wrote:
> Dear Samba List:
> 	Thx in advance for all help that can be provided.  I have set up a
> samba server on a RedHat 8.0 box, and I know I've got it configured
> correctly, because I can do everything I would ever want to do with it
> with a networked Windows XP laptop.  However, a third and fourth
> machine, both running 98SE, also on the network, cannot see the server,
> no matter what I try.  These two interact with the XP machine and vice
> versa just fine, so it's driving me crazy that these two won't see the
> Linux box!  Here is my smb.conf file:
> 
> 
> ;*******************section global*****************
> [global]
> log file = /smblog
> wins proxy = yes
> remote announce = 192.168.0.255/WORKGROUP
> netbios name = calebs
> wins support = yes
> os level = 400
> workgroup = WORKGROUP
> server string = Samba Server
> printcap name = /etc/printcap
> load printers = yes
> printing = lprng
> security = SHARE
> smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
> preferred master = True
> encrypt passwords = True
> socket options = TCP_NODELAY
> dns proxy = no
> ;*******************section homes*****************
> [homes]
> path = %H/Public
> comment = Home Directories
> browseable = True
> writable = yes
> create mask = 0750
> ;*******************section printers*****************
> [printers]
> create mask = 0700
> comment = All Printers
> path = /var/spool/samba
> browseable = no
> guest ok = no
> writable = no
> printable = yes
> ;*******************section Windows HD*****************
> [Windows HD]
> path = /mnt/windows
> guest ok = yes
> guest_account = nobody
> writeable = yes
> ;*******************section public*****************
> [public]
> comment = Public Stuff
> browseable = yes
> path = /home/public
> public = yes
> printable = no
> write list = @users
> writeable = yes
> 
> 
> 
> I would greatly appreciate any help that can be provided on this issue.
> Thx,
> 	Caleb Hanger
> 
> 
> 
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