[Samba] Still no browse list and no help!

Craig White craigwhite at azapple.com
Wed Feb 2 18:37:18 GMT 2005


you can keep asking but the answer will always be the same - to browse
the network, you will want a wins server.

either this system...
wins support = yes

or another WinNT type server
wins server = ip_address_of_wins_server

and of course, the windows machines should have the ip address set for
the wins server that is operational - either manually or through dhcp

also - it helps to trim all the comments out of an smb.conf - either
manually (the hard way) or by using 
'testparm -s > /tmp/smb.conf.no.comments'
or
'testparm -sv > /tmp/smb.conf.no.comments.all.attributes

Craig

On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 10:28 -0800, Marvin Bonilla wrote:
> Unable to resolve my problem after long time of reading and searching I decide to ask for help to the experts. The problems is that  there is no browse list even thought everything works fine. I can share files with others machines but don't see anything on network neighborhood. We use the OpenBSD 3.6 box with Samba 2.2 only for DNS and Wins.
> Please Help!
> 
> Here is my smb.conf file.
> 
> # This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the
> 
> #======================= Global Settings ==================================== [global]
> 
> ##
> ## Basic Server Settings
> ##
> 
> 	# workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name, eg: REDHAT4
> 	workgroup = TVGBCAST
> 	netbios name = laxbcastdns01
> 
> 	# server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field
> 	server string = 
> 
> 	# This option is important for security. It allows you to restrict
> 	# connections to machines which are on your local network. The
> 	# following example restricts access to two C class networks and
> 	# the "loopback" interface. For more examples of the syntax see
> 	# the smb.conf man page
> 	hosts allow = 10. 127.0.0.1
> 
> 	# Uncomment this if you want a guest account, you must add this to /etc/passwd
> 	# otherwise the user "nobody" is used
> 	guest account = pcguest
> 
> 	# this tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine
> 	# that connects
> 	# log file = /var/log/smbd.%m
> 
> 	# How much information do you want to see in the logs?
> 	# default is only to log critical messages
> 	; log level = 1
> 
> 	# Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb).
> 	max log size = 550
> 
> 	# Security mode. Most people will want user level security. See
> 	# security_level.txt for details.
> 	security = user
> 
> 	# Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration # on a per machine basis. The %m gets replaced with the netbios name # of the machine that is connecting.
> 	# Note: Consider carefully the location in the configuration file of
>         #       this line.  The included file is read at that point.
>         ;   include = /etc/samba/smb.conf.%m
> 
>         # Most people will find that this option gives better performance.
>         # See speed.txt and the manual pages for details
>         # You may want to add the following on a Linux system:
>         #         SO_RCVBUF92 SO_SNDBUF92
> 	; socket options = TCP_NODELAY
> 	# Configure Samba to use multiple interfaces
> 	# If you have multiple network interfaces and want to limit smbd will # use, list the ones desired here.  Otherwise smbd & nmbd will bind to all # active interfaces on the system.  See the man page for details.
> 	# interfaces = 10.4.100.2/24 10.3.100.2/24 10.7.50.1
> 	# Should smbd report that it has MS-DFS Capabilities? Only available
> 	# if-with-msdfs was passed to ./configure
> 	; host msdfs = yes
> 
> ##
> ## Network Browsing
> ##
> 		# set local master to no if you don't want Samba to become a master
> 		# browser on your network. Otherwise the normal election rules apply
> 		local master = yes
> 	# OS Level determines the precedence of this server in master browser
> 	# elections. The default value (20) should be reasonable
> 	os level = 65
> 
> 		# Domain Master specifies Samba to be the Domain Master Browser. This
> 		# allows Samba to collate browse lists between subnets. Don't use this
> 		# if you already have a Windows NT domain controller doing this job
> 		domain master = yes
> 	# Preferred Master causes Samba to force a local browser election on startup
> 	# and gives it a slightly higher chance of winning the election
> 	preferred master = yes
> 	browse list = yes
> 
> ##
> ## WINS & Name Resolution
> ##
> 	# If you have multiple network interfaces and want to limit smbd will # use, list the ones desired here.  Otherwise smbd & nmbd will bind to all # active interfaces on the system.  See the man page for details.
> 	# interfaces = 10.4.100.2/24 10.3.100.2/24 10.7.50.1
> 	# Should smbd report that it has MS-DFS Capabilities? Only available
> 	# if-with-msdfs was passed to ./configure
> 	; host msdfs = yes
> 
> ##
> ## Network Browsing
> ##
> 		# set local master to no if you don't want Samba to become a master
> 		# browser on your network. Otherwise the normal election rules apply
> 		local master = yes
> 	# OS Level determines the precedence of this server in master browser
> 	# elections. The default value (20) should be reasonable
> 	os level = 65
> 
> 		# Domain Master specifies Samba to be the Domain Master Browser. This
> 		# allows Samba to collate browse lists between subnets. Don't use this
> 		# if you already have a Windows NT domain controller doing this job
> 		domain master = yes
> 	# Preferred Master causes Samba to force a local browser election on startup
> 	# and gives it a slightly higher chance of winning the election
> 	preferred master = yes
> 	browse list = yes
> 
> ## WINS & Name Resolution
> ##
> 		# Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section:
> 		# WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable it's WINS Server
> 		wins support = yes
> 		# WINS Server - Tells the NMBD components of Samba to be a WINS Client
> 		#       Note: Samba can be either a WINS Server, or a WINS Client, but NOT both
> 		; wins server = w.x.y.z
> 	# WINS Proxy - Tells Samba to answer name resolution queries on # behalf of a non WINS capable client, for this to work there must be # at least one  WINS Server on the network. The default is NO.
> 	; wins proxy = no
> 	# DNS Proxy - tells Samba whether or not to try to resolve NetBIOS names # via DNS nslookups.
> 	# dns proxy = 10.7.50.1
> 	# remote announce = 10.3.100.5 10.6.50.1 10.4.100.1 10.7.50.1
> 	remote announce = yes
> 
> 	announce as = NT Server
> 
> ##
> 



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