[Samba] Netbios Problem

[Jeff Herbeck]

Yes, everything is on the same subnet.  I run a simple 192.168.1.x
255.255.2550

My workgroup is "workgroup" on windows and in my smb.conf.


On 11/12/06, M Azer <azermina at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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