[Samba] wins browsing issue

[Stuart Highlander]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John H Terpstra" <jht at samba.org>
To: <samba at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Samba] wins browsing issue


> 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?
> >

i am sorry john.  the name of the win2k box is ms1 and not m$1.  i was
trying to be cute.

i apologize to all.

stu