[Samba] nmbd appears unresponsive

[Paul Venzke]

On Sun February 14 2010 10:44, Robert J. Hansen wrote:
> I am trying to get Samba 3.4.0 (on an Ubuntu 9.10 box) set up as a
> file server for my home.  The router is 10.1.10.1; the Ubuntu box
> ("chronicles") is 10.1.10.2; the OS X box I'm using for testing
> purposes ("job") is 10.1.10.3.  From job, I can see ports 139 and
> 445 on chronicles are open.  Neither box has 'chronicles' or 'job'
> listed in its /etc/hosts file.
>
> When browsing via IP address, \\10.1.10.2 can see shares on
> \\10.1.10.3 and vice-versa.  Browsing by name, though, gets me
> absolutely nowhere. The Ubuntu box is able to resolve \\chronicles
> as being itself, but it can't look up \\job for love or money. 
> (Additionally, discovering shares via the browser doesn't work --
> but I suspect this is related to my apparent problems with nmbd.)
>
> I have followed the checklist in chapter 38 of the Samba HOWTO
> Collection, up through step 8 where things go haywire.  "Fix the
> nmbd installation" is listed as the way to overcome this, but
> unfortunately the checklist is a little sparse on precisely how to
> do this.
>
> In step 6 (run "nmblookup -d 2 '*'"), I discovered that I had to
> explicitly give it a target.  By itself, executing that command on
> chronicles (10.1.10.2) did not discover job (10.1.10.3).  By
> changing the command line to "nmblookup -B 10.1.10.3 -d 2 '*'", I
> was able to get a response back from job.  This seems a little
> strange to me: step 6 seems to imply this should only be necessary
> if the two machines are on different subnets.
>
> My smb.conf file follows:
>
> =====
>
> [global]
> 	server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)
> 	interfaces = 10.1.10.2, 127.0.0.1
> 	map to guest = Bad User
> 	obey pam restrictions = Yes
> 	pam password change = Yes
> 	passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
> 	passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n
> *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully*
> . unix password sync = Yes
> 	syslog = 0
> 	log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
> 	max log size = 1000
> 	name resolve order = wins bcast lmhosts host
> 	os level = 65
> 	preferred master = Yes
> 	domain master = Yes
> 	dns proxy = No
> 	wins support = Yes
> 	usershare allow guests = Yes
> 	panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
> 	hosts allow = 10.1.10.0/24, 127.
> 	hosts deny = ALL
>
> [homes]
> 	comment = Home Directories
> 	valid users = %S
> 	read only = No
> 	create mask = 0700
> 	directory mask = 0700
>
> [printers]
> 	comment = All Printers
> 	path = /var/spool/samba
> 	create mask = 0700
> 	printable = Yes
> 	browseable = No
> 	browsable = No
>
> [print$]
> 	comment = Printer Drivers
> 	path = /var/lib/samba/printers
>
> [tmp]
> 	comment = testing purposes
> 	path = /tmp
>
>
> =====
>
>
> Thank you all for any help you can provide.  I appreciate it.

Robert;

nmbd uses  UDP ports 137 and 138.  In addition to 139 and 445,  smbd 
uses the TCP port 135.  
-- 
PV

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