[Samba] Samba 4 As PDC Not Populated In Windows Network

[L.P.H. van Belle]

I havent look very good into your e-mail, we need the smb.conf ( anonymized ) for a good answer. 
but for the following questions.. 

>problem is how Samba 4 server as PDC must properly be 
>configured so that it populates itself in the Windows network 
>as other Microsoft Windows computers correctly do.

If your talking about "See-ing computers in network neighberhood. 
enable the WINS servers in the smb.conf on the Samba AD-Dc server(s) 
add 	wins support = yes  to your smb.conf 

make sure your pc's have the same "workgroupname" of join the domain to "see them". 
See-ing can take some time, sometimes 5 min, sometimes 30-60 min. 

a correct working dns setup is also needed.
more info : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc940063.aspx 


Louis


>-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>Van: zvonar at mediprogress.eu 
>[mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] Namens zvonar at mediprogress.eu
>Verzonden: donderdag 28 augustus 2014 8:16
>Aan: samba at samba.org
>Onderwerp: [Samba] Samba 4 As PDC Not Populated In Windows Network
>Urgentie: Hoog
>
>Dear Sirs,
>
>I have been given your e-mail address by Jeremy Allison. I 
>would like to submit the following issue I have. You should 
>also know I have been searching Internet for articles before 
>and found that the behavior I wish you to help me with is 
>quite common. The issue is the Samba 4 server integration into 
>a Microsoft Windows network. I have done this and that 
>configuration as particular contributors advised in forums and 
>other Internet articles. But still there is no success. My 
>problem is how Samba 4 server as PDC must properly be 
>configured so that it populates itself in the Windows network 
>as other Microsoft Windows computers correctly do. I have not 
>been able to see the Samba server in the network list even 
>though the network discovery was allowed on Windows 
>workstations and their firewall was disabled temporarily. To 
>access the shares on Samba with \\server_name\share_name, or 
>\\samba_server_ip_address\share_name, or through mapped 
>network drives is working perfectly, however. Here are details 
>I suppose you should know to be able to consider what might be wrong:
>  1.. OS of the box with Samba – Ubuntu Server 14.04.1 LTS 64-bit 
>  2.. Samba version – 4.1.11 
>  3.. Samba implementation – active directory domain controller 
>  4.. How samba was installed – see this guide at 
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf7Hk8qWt1Q 
>  5.. Other PCs on the LAN – Windows 8.1, Windows 7
>Please be kind enough and explain shortly, if the Samba Server 
>version 4.1.11 as PDC could populate itself in the Microsoft 
>Windows network at all, so that it can be accessed through 
>network discovery rather than through mapped drives and/or 
>with \\server_name\share_name, or 
>\\samba_server_ip_address\share_name, or point me out to the 
>right guide/article in Internet about how to achieve my goal.
>
>Many thanks for your nice support in advance.
>
>
>Jozef
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