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

[richard]

have you been experimenting with samba on rh8 ? ie changing names, ips
etc ...? try shutting down samba ....
killall smbd nmbd
the shutdown/restart script for 2.2.7 & 8 doesen't work on redhat..
delete browse.dat and wins.dat (search..maybe /var/cache/samba/ ??)
start samba...script ok here !
restart other clients to re-register with wins , allow a min or two to
settle..
smbclient -L rh8box ...looks up itself through wins ? and shows browse
list (w98 pcs?) and browse master and workgroup name ?

you use security=share ?
os level =400 ! .hmmm..anything over 34 beats nt domain controller.
see how that goes.
Richard Coates.

On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 07:19, Caleb Hanger wrote:
> Thnx for replying, Richard.  I really appreciate you wanting to help me.
> I actually already have found the diagnosis.txt and followed it. 
> Everything worked fine through step 7.  At step 8, I typed "net view
> \\calebs" from the windows machine.  This resulted in error 53: the
> computer name specified in the network path cannot be located.  I don't
> think its a name resolution problem cause I tried it with the IP
> address.  Further evidence that WINS name resolution works is that
> saying "ping calebs" works to find out the local IP.  This is driving me
> crazy, I've been all through the newsgroups with it, no luck.  I'd
> appreciate any help you could provide.
> 
> PS You're right about the useless param, I'll delete it. 
> 
> 
> On Sun, 2003-03-23 at 01:45, richard wrote:
> > 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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