[Samba] Problems with wins server

[Edmundo Valle Neto]

Noc.

Im not an expert about how the netbios name service works, but what your 
log is saying is that SMB1 made a query back to SMB2 at 192.168.75.254 
to allow it to register its name and SMB2 doesnt answered properly (its 
a multi-homed host, and as in "Inplementing CIFS" Book 
http://ubiqx.org/cifs/NetBIOS.html#NBT.4.3.1.4, I think that it should 
answer with all IPs allowed to register its name).
I don't know how to solve that, and I think that whould help if you post 
your network addressing on both sides to be more clear, take a look at 
wins.dat file and see if SMB2 is registered with any other IP too.

About the other error:
Nov 23 07:03:48 gw nmbd[3768]:   process_name_refresh_request: unicast 
name registration request received for name DELL_7<20> from IP 
192.168.75.103 on subnet UNICAST_SUBNET.
Nov 23 07:03:48 gw nmbd[3768]: [2006/11/23 07:03:48, 0] 
nmbd/nmbd_incomingrequests.c:process_name_refresh_request(173)
Nov 23 07:03:48 gw nmbd[3768]:   Error - should be sent to WINS server

It says that it received a unicast packet (if I remember right, unicast 
packets are meant to be sent to WINS servers only), and its just saying 
that. Probably "wins proxy" option redirects only broadcasts to the 
remote WINS server it will not make SMB2 to be a WINS server too (so 
point to SMB2 as being a WINS server is wrong, or you point to SMB1 
directly or let the client register itself in SMB2 by broadcast).

Anyone corrects me if im wrong :)

I never used it too and dont know how well it works, but maybe you would 
like to take a look at the Samba4WINS project, to replicate WINS servers.

Regards.

Edmundo Valle Neto


Noc Phibee escreveu:
> No other solution ?
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> Noc Phibee a écrit :
>> Hi
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>> i have a smaal problems ... :
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>> I have two samba server connected by a VPN.
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>> One, are the master, the config are:
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>> [global]
>>   workgroup = LOCAL
>>   netbios name = SMB1
>>   server string = Linux Smb Server 1
>>   os level = 33
>>   log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
>>   max log size = 500
>>   log level = 3
>>   map to guest = bad user
>>   security = user
>>   encrypt passwords = yes
>>   smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
>>   socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>>   local master = no
>>   domain master = no
>>   dns proxy = no
>>   wins support = yes
>>   unix password sync=yes
>>   hosts allow = 192.168.0. 192.168.75. 192.160.150. 192.168.151. 
>> 192.168.3. 127.
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>> into the log i have:
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>> [2006/11/23 07:01:50, 3] 
>> nmbd/nmbd_winsserver.c:wins_multihomed_register_query_fail(1097)
>>  wins_multihomed_register_query_fail: Registering machine at IP 
>> 192.168.75.254 failed to answer query successfully for name SMB2<03>.
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>> The second server are:
>> [global]
>>   workgroup = LOCAL
>>   netbios name = SMB2
>>   server string = Linux Smb Server 2
>>   os level = 33
>>   log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
>>   max log size = 500
>>   log level = 3
>>   map to guest = bad user
>>   security = user
>>   encrypt passwords = yes
>>   smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
>>   socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>>   local master = no
>>   domain master = no
>>   dns proxy = yes
>>   wins support = no
>>   wins server = 192.168.0.1
>>   wins proxy = yes
>>   unix password sync=yes
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>> 192.168.0.1 are the ip of the first server ....
>> my computer, on the network of Smb2 have in wins server the SMB2
>>
>> into the log of smb2 i have:
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>> Nov 23 07:01:50 gw nmbd[3768]:   register_name_response: WINS server 
>> at IP 192.168.0.1 rejected our name registration of SMB2<20> IP 
>> 192.168.75.254 with error code 5.
>> Nov 23 07:01:50 gw nmbd[3768]: [2006/11/23 07:01:50, 0] 
>> nmbd/nmbd_namelistdb.c:standard_fail_register(283)
>> Nov 23 07:01:50 gw nmbd[3768]:   standard_fail_register: Failed to 
>> register/refresh name SMB2<20> on subnet UNICAST_SUBNET
>> Nov 23 07:01:50 gw nmbd[3768]: [2006/11/23 07:01:50, 0] 
>> nmbd/nmbd_nameregister.c:register_name_response(130)
>> Nov 23 07:01:50 gw nmbd[3768]:   register_name_response: WINS server 
>> at IP 192.168.0.1 rejected our name registration of SMB2<03> IP 
>> 192.168.75.254 with error code 5.
>> Nov 23 07:01:50 gw nmbd[3768]: [2006/11/23 07:01:50, 0] 
>> nmbd/nmbd_namelistdb.c:standard_fail_register(283)
>> Nov 23 07:01:50 gw nmbd[3768]:   standard_fail_register: Failed to 
>> register/refresh name SMB2<03> on subnet UNICAST_SUBNET
>> Nov 23 07:01:50 gw nmbd[3768]: [2006/11/23 07:01:50, 0] 
>> nmbd/nmbd_nameregister.c:register_name_response(130)
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>> and for all user:
>> Nov 23 07:03:48 gw nmbd[3768]: [2006/11/23 07:03:48, 0] 
>> nmbd/nmbd_incomingrequests.c:process_name_refresh_request(173)
>> Nov 23 07:03:48 gw nmbd[3768]:   Error - should be sent to WINS server
>> Nov 23 07:03:48 gw nmbd[3768]: [2006/11/23 07:03:48, 0] 
>> nmbd/nmbd_incomingrequests.c:process_name_refresh_request(172)
>> Nov 23 07:03:48 gw nmbd[3768]:   process_name_refresh_request: 
>> unicast name registration request received for name DELL_7<20> from 
>> IP 192.168.75.103 on subnet UNICAST_SUBNET.
>> Nov 23 07:03:48 gw nmbd[3768]: [2006/11/23 07:03:48, 0] 
>> nmbd/nmbd_incomingrequests.c:process_name_refresh_request(173)
>> Nov 23 07:03:48 gw nmbd[3768]:   Error - should be sent to WINS server
>> Nov 23 07:03:48 gw nmbd[3768]: [2006/11/23 07:03:48, 0] 
>> nmbd/nmbd_incomingrequests.c:process_name_refresh_request(172)
>> Nov 23 07:03:48 gw nmbd[3768]:   process_name_refresh_request: 
>> unicast name registration request received for name DELL_7<03> from 
>> IP 192.168.75.103 on subnet UNICAST_SUBNET.
>> Nov 23 07:03:48 gw nmbd[3768]: [2006/11/23 07:03:48, 0] 
>> nmbd/nmbd_incomingrequests.c:process_name_refresh_request(173)
>> Nov 23 07:03:48 gw nmbd[3768]:   Error - should be sent to WINS server
>> Nov 23 07:03:48 gw nmbd[3768]: [2006/11/23 07:03:48, 0] 
>> nmbd/nmbd_incomingrequests.c:process_name_refresh_request(172)
>> Nov 23 07:03:48 gw nmbd[3768]:   process_name_refresh_request: 
>> unicast name registration request received for name LOCAL<00> from IP 
>> 192.168.75.103 on subnet UNICAST_SUBNET.
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>> where is my error ?
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>> thanks
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