[Samba] Network Neighborhood

Tue Mar 25 02:27:19 GMT 2003

we have Samba running months on end...the only issue I have is samba
restart/stop scripts don't kill nmbd (on redhat based linux anyway).
have you tried...smbclient -L sambabox  ?
it should show..looking up name on itself..(wins lookup)
output should show browse list...workgroup name ..and current Browse
Master. You could try this when things are working...and later when they
fail. 
Your log below says W98 box is becomming Browse Master ?
you don't have NETBEUI configured on w98 boxes do you ??!!
regards,
Richard Coates.
ps: have you gone through "diagnosis.txt" ?

On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 11:54, khobar wrote:
> Hi Richard,
> 
> No, workgroup name is actually something else.
> 
> > is this really your workgroupname ?
> > workgroup = workgroupname
> > are your w98 clients configured to use your wins server ?
> > re check your config in smb.conf AND client settings
> > Richard Coates.
> 
> Win98 clients are configured to use my Samba server for wins. I'm not
> getting a lot in the way of log output, but it seems that the problem crops
> up after Samba has been running for a bit. For example, I boot the Samba
> server and within not too long all clients show up in NN on the Win98
> systems. After a while, all systems will disappear from NN. When that
> happens, I am able to use the "Find>Computer" feature to find all systems
> *except* the Samba server. I presume this is because of the nature of things
> and that if the Samba server were also running Samba client, then it would
> also show up. As it is now, I can go into the Samba server and issue a
> service smb restart and usually within not too long a time all the systems
> show up in NN again. Then some time later they just disappear...again, etc.
> 
> As I mentioned, I'm not getting much in the way of log output, but here is
> one entry that might be interesting:
> 
> [root at T samba] cat log.thinkpad570
> 
> [2003/03/24 10:46:25, 0] lib/util_sock.c:read_data(436)
>   read_data: read failure for 2426. Error = Connection reset by peer
> 
> That was about 8 hours ago and since then Samba has been restarted a couple
> of times at least. I also made a change to the /etc/samba/smb.conf file in
> that I commented out the remote announce line. Thinkpad570 is the laptop on
> the wireless connection that's having problems.
> 
> Since this is a wireless LAN, it is possible the problem is elsewhere.
> However, my old system which ran Mandrake 7.2 and an older wireless LAN did
> not have this apparent problem.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Paul Nixon
> 
> 
> 
> >
> > On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 04:03, khobar wrote:
> > > I've probably posted this before and don't recall getting a response.
> > >
> > > Anyway, I am running Mandrake 9.0 and Samba 2.2.6 on my "server". The
> server
> > > has 3 NICs for internet, wired internal net, and wireless internal net.
> > >
> > > The problem: my Win98SE laptop cannot always see the server and thus
> does
> > > not always have access to the printers attached to the server. Network
> > > Neighborhood also seems to not function correctly as sometimes I see
> some
> > > systems there and sometimes not and it seems to go up and down at
> random.
> > > However, I don't seem to have any trouble using "Find>Computer" function
> > > (other than with the server).
> > >
> > > I also see this in my logs:
> > >
> > > Mar 20 11:06:47 Server nmbd[1792]:   Doing a node status request to the
> > > domain
> > > master browser at IP 192.168.240.8 failed.
> > > Mar 20 11:21:52 Server nmbd[1792]:   Doing a node status request to the
> > > domain
> > > master browser at IP 192.168.240.8 failed.
> > > Mar 20 11:36:54 Server nmbd[1792]:   Doing a node status request to the
> > > domain
> > > master browser at IP 192.168.240.8 failed.
> > >
> > > And received no response from the list. 240.8 is the ip of my Win98SE
> > > laptop. How it's being identified as a master browser is anyone's guess
> as
> > > it most certainly is NOT a MB.
> > >
> > > I also see this which is similar to the above:
> > >
> > > Mar 20 11:21:52 Server nmbd[1792]: [2003/03/20 11:21:52, 0]
> > > nmbd/nmbd_browsesyn
> > > c.c:get_domain_master_name_node_status_fail(509)
> > > Mar 20 11:21:52 Server nmbd[1792]:
> > > get_domain_master_name_node_status_fail:
> > > Mar 20 11:21:52 Server nmbd[1792]:   Doing a node status request to the
> > > domain
> > > master browser at IP 192.168.240.8 failed.
> > > Mar 20 11:21:52 Server nmbd[1792]:   Cannot get workgroup name.
> > >
> > > I posted my smb.conf file previously, but I'll do so again.
> > >
> > > # Samba config file created using SWAT
> > > # from localhost.Engineering (127.0.0.1)
> > > # Date: 2003/02/02 20:18:31
> > >
> > > # Global parameters
> > > [global]
> > >         workgroup = workgroupname
> > >         server string = Samba Server %v
> > >         interfaces = 192.168.1.0/24 192.168.240.0/24
> > >         security = SHARE
> > >         encrypt passwords = Yes
> > >         passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
> > >         passwd chat = *New*UNIX*password* %n\n
> *ReType*new*UNIX*password*
> > > %n\n
> > >         unix password sync = Yes
> > >         log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
> > >         max log size = 50
> > >         socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
> > >         printcap name = lpstat
> > >         os level = 65
> > >         preferred master = Yes
> > >         domain master = Yes
> > >         local master = Yes
> > >         dns proxy = No
> > >         wins support = Yes
> > >         remote announce = 192.168.1.255 192.168.240.255
> > >         printing = cups
> > >
> > > [homes]
> > >         comment = Home Directories
> > >         read only = No
> > >         browseable = No
> > >
> > > [printers]
> > >         comment = All Printers
> > >         path = /var/spool/samba
> > >         create mask = 0700
> > >         guest ok = Yes
> > >         printable = Yes
> > >         print command = lpr-cups -P %p -o raw %s # using cups own
> drivers
> > > (use g
> > > eneric PostScript on clients).
> > >         lpq command = lpstat -o %p
> > >         lprm command = cancel %p-%j
> > >         browseable = No
> > >
> > > [paul]
> > >         comment = Paul's Service
> > >         path = /home/paul
> > >         valid users = paul
> > >         read only = No
> > >
> > > [HP812C]
> > >         path = /var/spool/samba
> > >         read only = No
> > >         create mask = 0700
> > >         guest ok = Yes
> > >         printable = Yes
> > >         print command = lpr-cups -P %p -o raw %s # using cups own
> drivers
> > > (use g
> > > eneric PostScript on clients).
> > >         lpq command = lpstat -o %p
> > >         lprm command = cancel %p-%j
> > >         printer name = HP812C
> > >         oplocks = Yes
> > >
> > >
> > > I would very much appreciate some help on this as it is highly annoying
> that
> > > my wireless network is unreliable only as it pertains to Samba. Please
> > > advise. Thanks.
> > >
> > > Paul Nixon
> > >
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