[Samba] domain controller cannot be contacted

[Mark Rutherford]

Hi again Louis,

I have in my smb.conf:

domain logons = Yes
os level = 34
lm announce = Yes
preferred master = Yes
domain master = Yes
wins support = Yes

It is the only server. The clients get the ip of this server via dhcp.
I never heard of needing 2 wins server ip addresses, so I'm interested and I just added that to the
dhcpd.conf and rehashed it. I am going to try that (is my desperation showing yet? :-D)





Louis van Belle wrote:
>  If it always happens after a reboot you could try to set the
> connection timeout lower, somebody correct me if I'm wrong.
>
> I had this problem also, what you also can so let you samba 
> server act as wins server, and put the wins ip in you XP configuration.
>
> Als ALWAYS put 2 WINS IP in even if they are the same, this is because
> of strange windows behavor.
>
> Also check if your server is the master browser of the network.
> if not, make sure only 1 server and preffered the samba server, 
> the master browser.
>
> Louis
>
>   
>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>> Van: samba-bounces+louis=van-belle.nl at lists.samba.org 
>> [mailto:samba-bounces+louis=van-belle.nl at lists.samba.org] 
>> Namens Mark Rutherford
>> Verzonden: woensdag 29 maart 2006 17:44
>> Aan: samba at lists.samba.org
>> Onderwerp: Re: [Samba] domain controller cannot be contacted
>>
>> Hi Louis,
>>
>> The reason I would say this is not it, is because it always 
>> happens on a reboot.
>> You have not logged in yet... so nothing is running.
>>
>> However, I will have to read up on this issue a bit. Did not 
>> know it existed.
>>
>>
>> Louis van Belle wrote:
>>     
>>> You know "User Hive Cleanup Service for XP, if not install it.
>>>
>>>       
>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1B286
>>     
> E6D-8912-4E18-
>   
>>> B570-42470E2F3582&displaylang=en
>>>
>>>
>>> I experienced problemen with loggin's because some programs 
>>> badly closes the registry, of a old connection with samba stays
>>> open.
>>>
>>> Louis
>>>  
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>>>> Van: samba-bounces+louis=van-belle.nl at lists.samba.org 
>>>> [mailto:samba-bounces+louis=van-belle.nl at lists.samba.org] 
>>>> Namens Mark Rutherford
>>>> Verzonden: woensdag 29 maart 2006 16:45
>>>> Aan: samba at lists.samba.org
>>>> Onderwerp: [Samba] domain controller cannot be contacted
>>>>
>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>
>>>> I have struggled with this problem for awhile now. randomly and 
>>>> intermittently a workstation or
>>>> bunch of workstations will not be able to log in.
>>>>
>>>> This is pretty much reproduceable at will, and here is what 
>>>> you need to 
>>>> do to get this little issue to show up:
>>>> 1. Log out and try to log in as a different user
>>>> 2. Attempt to login immediately after the machine is booted.
>>>>
>>>> To ensure you can log in, if you boot your workstation in 
>>>>         
>> the morning 
>>     
>>>> and wait 2-3 minutes before trying to log in
>>>> you can log in no problem.
>>>>
>>>> I have replaced our switch, cabling, network cards, tried 
>>>>         
>> many many 
>>     
>>>> things......
>>>> I took this a step further. I got 3 machines rounded up and 
>>>> built a mini 
>>>> network with its own switch.
>>>> Only these 3 machines were on this switch.
>>>> Of these 3 machines I installed a fresh copy of windows xp 
>>>>         
>> with sp2 on 
>>     
>>>> two of them.
>>>> Took our current config and slapped it onto the third 
>>>>         
>> machine running 
>>     
>>>> gentoo + samba
>>>>
>>>> These 3 machines had not been exposed to our main network...
>>>> what makes this all so interesting..... I was able to join these 2 
>>>> workstations no problem with
>>>> default settings, no registry patches, nothing and it just worked.
>>>>
>>>> I tried to reproduce this problem with this little test 
>>>> network and our 
>>>> smb.conf for hours on end.
>>>> It just never happened.
>>>>
>>>> On our main network I can get this to occur every 2 minutes if 
>>>> I wanted to.
>>>> Our samba machine is doing wins as well, and the machines get 
>>>> this wins 
>>>> server info with their dhcp info.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas? Anything at all? This issue is...... just too 
>>>>         
>> hard to me to 
>>     
>>>> figure out.
>>>> Also, no indication of an error in any logs.
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>       
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>> Thanks!
>>
>> Mark Rutherford
>> Maunz Electronics, Inc.
>> 803-791-5860
>>
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Thanks!

Mark Rutherford
Maunz Electronics, Inc.
803-791-5860