[lug] Samba connectivity question

[Mark Sweitzer]

I think that this situation is bit more complicated than a deficiency in DNS
resolution. Whenever I've encountered a DNS problem with a Windows PC on a
Samba network in the past, even though I couldn't access a Samba share via
it's server name, I could always see the share by browsing to it's IP
address "\\x.x.x.x". With these current Win98 PC's, even that doesn't work,
so I believe I still have something mis-configured in "smb.conf" (see
contents below) that communicates well with XP clients, but does not with 98
clients.

I'm still seeking advice on this.

-Mark


> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces at lug.boulder.co.us
> [mailto:lug-bounces at lug.boulder.co.us]On Behalf Of Hugh Brown
> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 8:43 AM
> To: Boulder (Colorado) Linux Users Group -- General Mailing List
> Subject: RE: [lug] Samba connectivity question
>
>
> 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
> > > >
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