[Samba] Need Help Getting Windows XP To Use Samba Properly

Wed Dec 29 11:08:02 MST 2010

Brian,

Unfortunately, I'm not able to upgrade, it's a locked system at this
point.  Since it works great with a Windows 2000 client, one would think
it would also work find with XP.  

Still at the drawing board...

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian McGrew [mailto:brian at visionpro.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 10:31 AM
To: Hodges, Robert CTR USAF AFMC 520 SMXS/MXDEC
Subject: Re: [Samba] Need Help Getting Windows XP To Use Samba Properly

Bob,

Do you have the ability or means to upgrade Samba to version 3.5.6 on
your
Solaris machine???  It looks like there are a few, but considerable
changes
in the way packet formulation is done in this version.

I should qualify that and say that I am not on the samba dev team; but I
do
my share of software engineering and development and am no stranger to
building samba (or complete operating systems) from source.

-brian

On 12/29/10 9:22 AM, "Hodges, Robert CTR USAF AFMC 520 SMXS/MXDEC"
<robert.hodges.ctr at hill.af.mil> wrote:

> TMS3,
> 
> Thanks for joining in, really appreciate it.
> 
> I'm trying to keep it all straight, I'm relatively new to Samba (but
learning
> quickly).
> 
> What I now know:
> 
> 1.  Sniffer on XP box reveals that XP does see the broadcasts from
Samba.
> 
> 2.  The Microsoft support tool/command "Browstat status" shows that XP
does
> recognize Samba as the server (if Computer Browser service disabled,
otherwise
> XP may/may not elect itself as the master - unpredictable), but also
shows
> that XP is unable to pull down the browse list form the Samba box.
> 
> XP being unable to pull down the browse list form the Samba box is
where
> things are broken.  Everything else looks good.
> 
> Any ideas on how to get that browse list from Samba to XP?
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tms3 at tms3.com [mailto:tms3 at tms3.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 9:54 AM
> To: Hodges, Robert CTR USAF AFMC 520 SMXS/MXDEC
> Cc: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Need Help Getting Windows XP To Use Samba
Properly
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Everyone,
> 
> Both the Microsoft Network Monitor (sniffer) and "Nbtstat -r" shows
that
> Windows XP is not acknowledging the broadcast packets from the Samba
box,
> 
> Well, that's an interesting statement...
> 
> So, XP spouts a request to the WINS server, it responds and the packet
is
> dropped?????
> 
> Or is XP NOT sending a request at all???
> 
> 
> which keeps XP from being able to browse the server because no master
browser
> is being recognized. If the "Computer Browser" service was enabled in
XP,
> 
> Widows 2000, however, acknowledges them just fine, even with Comptuer
Browser
> disabled, and all is well.
> 
> Any suggestions? If you folks help me figure this out, you'll be
heroes,
> because I have come across a lot of help requests all over the
internet that
> go way back many years for this very same problem, few solutions, and
none of
> them resulting in a solution that works for me.
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tms3 at tms3.com [mailto:tms3 at tms3.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:48 PM
> To: Hodges, Robert CTR USAF AFMC 520 SMXS/MXDEC
> Cc: Chris Smith; samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Need Help Getting Windows XP To Use Samba
Properly
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Excellent information, thank you.
> 
> Unfortunately, none of it solved my problem.
> 
> 
> Start sniffing the machine as you do a "Network Neighborhood" search.
You
> might also check and see just where and how lookups are being done for
NETBios
> from an XP box command terminal
> 
> nbtstat -r
> 
> which will tell you how lookups are being done. Might lead you to a
culprit.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I see a lot of "The specified network name is no longer available"
error
> messages all over the internet from Linux users, and none of the very
few
> solutions I have come across have worked for me.
> 
> Anybody else able to chime in and take a guess as why my XP box is
having a
> problem talking to my Solaris/Samba box? Again, Win2K has no problems
talking
> to the Samba box - it's just XP.
> 
> Refresh: This error happens when you try to browse using "My Network
Places"
> in the desktop. Mapping works fine, access works fine. Browsing is
what fails
> in XP. I need this to work or I'm looking at a huge and expensive
> documentation change effort that few would understand.
> 
> Still desperate for help on this. This problem happens with WinXP
right out of
> the box, we have nothing weird installed.
> 
> Help!
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Smith [mailto:smb_77 at chrissmith.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 12:45 PM
> To: Hodges, Robert CTR USAF AFMC 520 SMXS/MXDEC
> Cc: John Drescher; samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Need Help Getting Windows XP To Use Samba
Properly
> 
> On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Hodges, Robert CTR USAF AFMC 520
> SMXS/MXDEC <robert.hodges.ctr at hill.af.mil> wrote:
> 
> 
> Other details: I do not use a DNS server, I use the hosts file in XP.
> 
> 
> 
> Yes, but NetBIOS desires the lmhosts file. See my ancient (but still
> valid) scribblings here:
> http://realcomputerguy.com/networksetup.htm#hosts
> 
> Chris
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