[Samba] wins browsing issue

[John H Terpstra]

On Wednesday 24 August 2005 08:19, Stuart Highlander wrote:
> good morning all,
>
> i have an interesting issue with browsing.
>
> details:
> i have three subnets.  (subnet1, subnet2, and subnet3)
> i have a samba server on each subnet. (samba1, samba2, and samba3)
> i have a windows 2000 server on subnet1.  (m$1)

I have not read in detail through this email, but as a first step, rename the 
M$1 machine to a name that does not contain the '$' character. The '$' 
character has special significance in Windows networking. Do not use this is 
on machine name.

- John T.

> samba1 is the domain master and wins server with ip 192.168.0.1
> win2k clients authenticate to their local server and wins is set to
> 192.168.0.1.
>
> when i run a net view \\m$1 from a win2k client on subnet2 or subnet3, i
> get "system error 53 has occurred.  the network path was not found."
> message.
>
> when i run a net view \\samba1 or \\samba2 from the same win2k client,
> everything is fine. (shared resources at ....)
>
> when i run a net view \\m$1 from a win2k client on subnet1, everything is
> fine. (shared resources at ....)
>
> pertinent information from smb.conf of samba1
> os level = 65
> name resolve order = wins host lmhosts bcast
> domain logons = yes
> preferred master = yes
> domain master = yes
> wins support = yes
>
> pertinent information from smb.conf of samba2 and samba3
> os level = 65
> name resolve order = wins host lmhosts bcast
> domain logons = yes
> preferred master = yes
> domain master = no
> wins server = 192.168.0.1
> local master = yes
>
> m$1 appears in browse.dat on both samba2 and samba3.
>
> any ideas?
>
> stu

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John H Terpstra
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