[Samba] nmblookup fails

[John H Terpstra]

On Sat, 3 May 2003, Jacob Tarvin wrote:

> I'm debugging my Samba setup using the
> "Troubleshooting Techniques" from Sam's Teach Yourself
> Samba in 24 Hours.
>
> Everything works fine up until the nmbd section.  I am
> able to do the following correctly:
> nmblookup -U 127.0.0.1 __SAMBA__
> nmblookup -U 127.0.0.1 POGO       (the server)
> nmblookup -B 192.168.1.255 WIN-CLIENT   (the client)
>
> but when I do nmblookup -B 192.168.1.255 POGO it fails
> with the message:
> querying POGO on 192.168.1.255
> name_query failed to find name POGO
>
> I assume there is a problem with my interfaces line in
> the smb.conf.  Currently I have:
> interfaces = 192.168.1.11/24   ;the address of the

Try:
	interfaces = eth0 lo

Or:
	interfaces = 192.168.1.0/24 127/8

> server
> bind interfaces only = yes
>
> What should I have on the interfaces line or am I even
> on the right track?
>
>
>
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- John T.
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John H Terpstra
Email: jht at samba.org