On Mon, 2004-08-30 at 15:46, Marc Williams wrote: > > Well wha'dyaknow? I apparently stumbled upon the answer to > my problem. I inserted: "domain master = yes" into smb.conf on the Samba > server and things just started working. Here is my entire, working, > smb.conf: > So all FC2 systems have to be configured as domain masters? I thought that was for setting up a sever as a PDC. > > (I also added password syncing but that has nothing to do with things). > This is for a stand alone machine hosting its own workgroup and the Unix > users. I restarted the smb service a half dozen times and each time I was > able to browse the workgroup and shares within a few seconds. > > I also discovered that Nautilus is a little flakey. There were times I > would receive the "Sorry, couldn't display..." error message and just > clicking "reload" would then finish bringing up that window. I actually > went out and got another smb browser that exhibits none of this flakiness. > It's a little KDE app called Smb4k. Rather nice. (Aside: this is the > second kde app I like better than any Gnome counterpart. The other being > K3B for CD burning.) > > So it would seem that my Samba troubles are history, knock on wood. Was this working correctly when you had iptables active with that set of ports cut through? -- Scot L. Harris webid@xxxxxxxxxx Physician: One upon whom we set our hopes when ill and our dogs when well. -- Ambrose Bierce
