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

tms3 at tms3.com tms3 at tms3.com
Wed Dec 29 11:21:48 MST 2010




>
> Jeremy,
>
> This makes sense, I'll try it.  Excellent idea.
>
> I'm new to Samba, so how do I get it to run in debug mode and do the
> logging option you mentioned?

log level = 10 in smb.conf.

Covered in the man page.  man smb.conf
>
>
>
> Sorry to sound so juvenile, my experience with Samba is in reverse -
> getting Linux boxes to use Windows servers.
>
> Bob
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeremy Allison [mailto:jra at samba.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 10:33 AM
> To: Hodges, Robert CTR USAF AFMC 520 SMXS/MXDEC
> Cc: tms3 at tms3.com; samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Need Help Getting Windows XP To Use Samba 
> Properly
>
> On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 10:22:46AM -0700, Hodges, Robert CTR USAF AFMC
> 520 SMXS/MXDEC 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.
>
> This is the key. Separate out the logs by incoming client name,
> run smbd at debug level 10 and then look in the log.<xp client name>
> to see if it's trying to fetch the browse list, and if so why
> it goes wrong.
>
> Jeremy.
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