[Samba] [samba-users] Network Pblm with "misty" (XP Home SP3 )

[Ted Hilts]

In short this is the problem.  The XP Home machine called
"misty" cannot see any other machines.  It cannot see the Linux machines
and it cannot see the XP Home machines or the XP Pro machine.  In spite
of this blindness it can map to all the XP machines and define so-called
network places.  But "misty" cannot map through the SAMBA protocal used
by the Linux machines to make their shares available. All the other XP
machines can access these Linux shares. So this problem is unique to
"misty".

Looking from the Linux side of the LAN the Linux machines can see
"misty" shares as in these following diagnostics generated from the
Linux machine called "Ubuntu" with the same OS name. ("misty" has the
static IP address 192.168.1.20 and MS SP3). The diagnostics indicate 
that "Ubuntu"
can see the "misty" shares. The Linux machine "Ubuntu" has IP address
192.168.1.16.

Here are those diagnostics: (disregard the error line "allow hosts"
associated with the smb.config file.


ted at Ubuntu:~$ nmblookup -d 2 '*'
params.c:Parameter() - Ignoring badly formed line in configuration file:
allow hosts
added interface ip=192.168.1.16 bcast=192.168.1.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
querying * on 192.168.1.255
Got a positive name query response from 192.168.1.16 ( 192.168.1.16 )
Got a positive name query response from 192.168.1.20 ( 192.168.1.20 )
Got a positive name query response from 192.168.1.15 ( 192.168.1.15 )
Got a positive name query response from 192.168.1.9 ( 192.168.1.9 )
Got a positive name query response from 192.168.1.70 ( 192.168.1.70 )
192.168.1.16 *<00>
192.168.1.20 *<00>
192.168.1.15 *<00>
192.168.1.9 *<00>
192.168.1.70 *<00>
ted at Ubuntu:~$ sudo smbclient -L misty -U ted -W peggyted
[sudo] password for ted:
params.c:Parameter() - Ignoring badly formed line in configuration file:
allow hosts
Password:
Domain=[MISTY] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]

        Sharename       Type      Comment
        ---------       ----      -------
        IPC$            IPC       Remote IPC
        SharedDocs      Disk
        C               Disk
        D               Disk
Domain=[MISTY] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]

        Server               Comment
        ---------            -------

        Workgroup            Master
        ---------            -------
ted at Ubuntu:~$

In addition I obtained some advice but am not sure what to make of it.  
All the following is that advice.

 >> Look into that XP Home / Samaba. I would do some more research "samba xp
registry hack"

 >>I remember having to use the below at one point.

 >>Network "Sign or Seal" Registry Change
 >>The following registry entry needs to be changed:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\
Services\Netlogon\Parameters]
"requiresignorseal"=dword:00000000
"signsecurechannel"=dword:00000000
 
 >>end of advice.




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