[Samba] Netbios Problem

[M Azer]

does your xp machine have the same workgroup as the samba server netbois? if
not you might want to change the XP workgroup name to the samba server
Netbois name, restart XP and try to re-browse the network again.

On 11/12/06, S. J. van Harmelen <sander.vanharmelen at isp.solcon.nl> wrote:
>
> Are your workstations and your server on the same subnet? Is your nmbd
> service running?
>
> On Sun, 2006-11-12 at 08:42 -0600, Jeff Herbeck wrote:
> > Thanks!  That worked, but that just seems like a way to "trick" it
> > into working.
> >
> > I have a unbuntu workstation that can't "see" www and another XP
> > machine that can't see www.
> >
> > Even with the change to my hosts file on this XP box, I still can't go
> > into network neighborhood and see www.  Every other time I have setup
> > samba it was browseable and worked from any other computer with no
> > configuration
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> > On 11/12/06, S. J. van Harmelen <sander.vanharmelen at isp.solcon.nl>
> > wrote:
> >         Jeff,
> >
> >         Sounds like a name resolution problem on your XP workstation.
> >         Make sure
> >         the following line is in C:\WINDOWS\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts
> >         on you XP
> >         workstation:
> >
> >         192.168.1.1   www
> >
> >         Then try to ping the www from your workstation again. If it
> >         pings, then
> >         \\www sould also work.
> >
> >         Sander
> >
> >
> >         On Sun, 2006-11-12 at 07:10 -0600, Jeff Herbeck wrote:
> >         > Hello Everyone,
> >         >
> >         > I have recently built a new CentOS 4 server and I am having
> >         trouble with
> >         > Samba and specifically Netbios names.   The server also acts
> >         as a router,
> >         > firewall, dhcp, and so on.
> >         >
> >         > I have a very simple setup and no matter what I try, I can't
> >         get to my samba
> >         > server by name.
> >         >
> >         > The servers IP is:
> >         >
> >         > 192.168.1.1
> >         >
> >         > The server name is:
> >         >
> >         > www
> >         >
> >         >
> >         > I can not ping www (my XP workstation says "could not find
> >         host www")
> >         > I can not access my samba shares with \\www
> >         >
> >         > If I type in \\192.168.1.1 everything works fine
> >         >
> >         > I kept thinking it was my firewall (shorewall configured
> >         with webmin), but
> >         > even when I turn the firewall off, I still have the same
> >         problem.
> >         >
> >         > I have tried many combinations of opened ports on my
> >         firewall with no
> >         > success.  Right now I have:
> >         >
> >         > loc to firewall open on UDP 137
> >         > loc to firewall open on TCP 137, 138, 139
> >         > loc to firewall open on TCP 445
> >         >
> >         > I had a fedora server in the past and samba worked like a
> >         dream.
> >         >
> >         > I'm down to a really simple smb.conf.  Here that is:
> >         >
> >         > [global]
> >         >     workgroup = workgroup
> >         > #     netbios name = WWW            (I have tried it with
> >         and without this
> >         > line)
> >         >     security = user
> >         >     encrypt passwords = yes
> >         >
> >         > [homes]
> >         >
> >         >     browseable = yes
> >         >     writeable = yes
> >         >
> >         > Here is my hosts file
> >         > 127.0.0.1               www.mydomain.com www
> >         localhost.localdomain localhost
> >         > 192.168.1.1             www
> >         >
> >         > Does anyone have any ideas?
> >         >
> >         > Thanks in advance,
> >         >
> >         > Jeff
> >
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