Re: Samba problems

[Edward <edward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

antonio montagnani wrote:

> Nicholas Ruddick wrote/ha scritto, On/il 01/06/2004 15:20:
>
> > antonio montagnani wrote:
> >
> > > antonio montagnani wrote/ha scritto, On/il 01/06/2004 12:09:
> > >
> > > > Suddenly (at least I cannot remember any change) I cannot use the 
> > > > Network server with samba as I get the following message
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Impossible to show smb:/// as Nautilus cannot contact SMB master 
> > > > browser.
> > > > Please check if a SMB server is operating on local network
> > > >
> > > > And here are results of a testparm.....
> > > >
> > > > [root@Contec antoniomontagnani]# testparm
> > > > Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
> > > > Processing section "[homes]"
> > > > Processing section "[printers]"
> > > > Processing section "[Aurat]"
> > > > Loaded services file OK.
> > > > Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE
> > > > Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions
> > > >
> > > > # Global parameters
> > > > [global]
> > > >        server string = PC Antonio
> > > >        null passwords = Yes
> > > >        username map = /etc/samba/user.map
> > > >        log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
> > > >        max log size = 50
> > > >        socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
> > > >        os level = 10
> > > >        dns proxy = No
> > > >        guest ok = Yes
> > > >        hosts allow = 192.168.0.0/24
> > > >
> > > > [homes]
> > > >        comment = Home Directories
> > > >        read only = No
> > > >
> > > > [printers]
> > > >        comment = All Printers
> > > >        path = /var/spool/samba
> > > >        printable = Yes
> > > >        browseable = No
> > > >
> > > > [Aurat]
> > > >        comment = Copia directory HP
> > > >        path = /home/antoniomontagnani/HP
> > > >        read only = No
> > >
> > > Additional infos from command smbclient.....
> > >
> > > smbclient -L localhost -N
> > > Domain=[CONTEC] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.2-7.FC1]
> > >
> > >        Sharename      Type      Comment
> > >        ---------      ----      -------
> > >        homes          Disk      Home Directories
> > >        Aurat          Disk      Copia directory HP
> > >        IPC$           IPC       IPC Service (PC Antonio)
> > >        ADMIN$         IPC       IPC Service (PC Antonio)
> > >        HP_Celeron     Printer   Created by redhat-config-printer 0.6.x
> > >        Epson810       Printer   Epson810
> > >        antonio        Disk      Home Directories
> > > Domain=[CONTEC] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.2-7.FC1]
> > >
> > >        Server               Comment
> > >        ---------            -------
> > >
> > >        Workgroup            Master
> > >        ---------            -------
> > >        WORKGROUP
> > >
> > > Any clue??? I guess that the problem is that I cannot see any Server 
> > > and any Master, but what shall I do???
> >
> >
> >
> > I'm having a similar problem of when I go to Network Servers it very 
> > occasionally shows all the servers but most of the time it just shows 
> > Windows Network with nothing inside it.
> >
> > Nicholas Ruddick
> My network  is  very simple, a Linux server and some XP machines.
> Today  I had only one  XP machine running, but I could not surf the 
> network: I stopped the XP machine for a while (10 minutes), and 
> restarted again the XP machine.....and everything was working.
> Quite sure that other Xp machinen don't cause similar troubles.....
> What is going on???

If you're running XP PROFESSIONAL, your XP boxes may be fighting for 
master browser rights. There's a way to turn that off, but I can't 
remember how.

Regards,
Ed.