[Samba] Why can't I see this share machine in Network Neighborhood

[John H Terpstra]

On Sat, 20 Sep 2003, Bob Hartung wrote:

> Help!

Yep. Suggest you read the Samba-HOWTO-Collection.pdf (The one for
Samba-3.0.0rc4 is your best bet). In particular read the chapter on
Network Browsing and read the chapters on Domain Control and on Domain
Membership.

The questions you are asking come up on this list time after time. We do
get a little tired of answering the same question over and over.
I do not mean to offend you, but please be aware that you are asking over
6000 people on this list a rather monotonous question.

Short answer is:

1) Use WINS, refer to above for more information
2) Make sure you do not have a firewall that is filtering out the
informatoin needed
3) Make sure that your Windows client TCP/IP stacks are correctly
configured.
4) Make sure that the registry fixes are in place if you are using 2.2.7a.

- John T.

>    I have a simple home network.  I have samba [2.2.7a]
> running with the smb.conf file listed below.  I can see this
> machine in network neighborhood on a Win98 machine and a
> WinNT 4.0 machine, but I cannot see this share from a Win2K
> machine.
>    If I issue a net use command from the cmd window on the
> Win2K machine I can mount the share and then open it as normal.
>
>    WHY can't I see the share in network neighborhood?????
>
> #==========smb.conf=============
> [global]
>
> # The computer name to see on the Windows clients
>    netbios name = rwheserv1
> # workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name
>    workgroup = RWHHOME1
> # Information to show on Properties tab on Windows Client
>    server string = Samba [%v] Share on rwheserv1
> # For now the security will be at the SHARE level
>    security = share
> # This is not the domain master
>    domain master = no
> # Check for vaious used of capital letters in passwords
>    password level = 10
>    username level = 10
> # We are in a Windows NT domain so encrypted passwords are
> needed
>     encrypt passwords = yes
> # Where is the encrypted password file
>     smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
>
> # See speed.txt and the manual pages for details
> # socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>
> #============================ Share Definitions ====
> [homes]
>     comment = Home Directories
> # We do not want any home directories visible to the Windows
> users
>     browseable = no
>
> [public]
>     comment = Public shares on localserv1
>     path = /shared/public
>     valid users = maindesk, @samba
> #   create mask = 0660
> #   force create mode = 0660
> #   directory mask = 0770
>     browseable = yes
> #===========end of smb.comf===============
>
> Thanks
>
> Bob Hartung
>
>

-- 
John H Terpstra
Email: jht at samba.org