[lug] Samba connectivity question

[Hugh Brown]

So it sounds like DNS resolution isn't working correctly on the win98
boxes.  So, you can set up a DNS box and point the clients at that, edit
the /etc/hosts equivalent (which was always hit and miss for me in the
past), or set up microsofts approved name resolution mechanism for win98.

Once I could get name resolution working correctly, I've been able to get
the file share/network browsing to work.

HughB

On Thu, 26 May 2005, Mark Sweitzer wrote:

>
> They can ping by IP only. And they can't see the server in a browser, either
> by IP or by share-name.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: lug-bounces at lug.boulder.co.us
> > [mailto:lug-bounces at lug.boulder.co.us]On Behalf Of Hugh Brown
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 6:20 PM
> > To: Boulder (Colorado) Linux Users Group -- General Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [lug] Samba connectivity question
> >
> >
> > Can the win98 computers ping the linux server by ip?  What
> > about by name?
> >
> > Hugh
> >
> > On Wed, 25 May 2005, Mark Sweitzer wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > I'm using Samba 3.0.10 on Mandriva 10.1.
> > >
> > > Directories and a printer are being shared to a mixed
> > Windows workgroup.
> > >
> > > The WinXP computers are accessing the Samba shares.
> > >
> > > The Win98 computers cannot see the Linux server at all. The
> > server can be
> > > pinged, but all attempts to find it as a Windows share
> > fail, either by
> > > server name (\\[Name]) or by IP address (\\[IP#]).
> > >
> > > I've experimented with setting the Samba server as a WINS
> > server, and
> > > pointing the Win98 clients to the WINS server, but it still
> > can't see any
> > > shares.
> > >
> > > Anyone got any clues on this?
> > >
> > > My "smb.conf" text dump follows.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Mark
> > >