[Samba] Second Windows Computer Disconnects First

[John H Terpstra]

Andy,

You may find the Samba-HOWTO-Collection.pdf helpful. It's available in
book form from Amazon.Com, called "The Official Samba-3 HOWTO and
Reference Guide."

The HOWTO is available from:
httpd://us3.samba.org/samba/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.pdf

You should check the chapters on:

	Server Types and Security Modes
	Domain Control
	Stand-Alone Servers
	Network Browsing
	Account Information
	Integrating MS Windows Networks with Samba

Have fun.

Cheers,
John T.

On Sat, 8 Nov 2003 AndyLiebman at aol.com wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm setting up a Linux machine to use as a file server for a small group of
> windows machines.
>
> Like many of the folks who write to this list, I'm having all kinds of
> difficults getting the Windows machines to be able to access the Linux shares.
>
> In my case, the most frustrating thing is that all of my Windows machines and
> users can access the Linux shares SOMETIMES. But typically, if one computer
> accesses the shared folder, and then another one accesses it, the first
> computer gets disconnected.
>
> Does anybody have any insights into why this is happening?
>
> All of my windows computers have their own unique computer names. And the
> usernames that are set up for each machine are different (and match the Unix
> names and samba names and passwords  that I have on the Linux machine).
>
> Does this have anything to do with the samba server being the "preferred
> master"? And why, when my Linux machine is running, do I so frequently see "logged
> off" windows machines in Network Neighborhood. This is something that I never
> see when the Linux machine is shut down. It's as if the Linux machine is
> taking control of keeping track of who is and who isn't on the network -- and it
> doesn't do as good a job of updating compared to the way windows stays current.
>
> Help would be appreciated.
>
> Andy Liebman
>

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John H Terpstra
Email: jht at samba.org