[root@viewridgeproductions2 etc]# service named stop Stopping named: [ OK ] [root@viewridgeproductions2 etc]# service named start Starting named: [ OK ] [root@viewridgeproductions2 etc]# service named status number of zones: 6 debug level: 0 xfers running: 0 xfers deferred: 0 soa queries in progress: 0 query logging is OFF recursive clients: 0/1000 tcp clients: 0/100 server is up and running The above is the result of all the work of the past two days. It seems to be working properly, now. It has been 8 days since I started this thread! Someone had suggested along the way that perhaps dns was the problem. However, the original problem persists - to restate: Linux FC4 box is on the net - it is firewalling, serving dhcp, and routing for the lan: Samba name is vrproductions2 - ip for lan nic is 192.168.2.1- my home folder is shared. On the lan are three Windows pc's: Studypc is WinXP and is fixed ip: 192.168.2.32 Julimobile is WinXP and gets ip through dhcp fhb is Win98 and gets ip through dhcp fhb is not a concern - it's just being routed to the net Julimobile has two shares - drives c and d - Studypc has two shares - drives c and f - configured in Windows networking just like the ones on Julimobile In the Konqueror address bar, if I type smb:/ I get the icon for my Workgroup: If I click that, I see the three pc's: LinuxFC4 box, StudyPC, & Julimobile Click the Linux box and I see my shared folder, which is browseable Click the Julimobile icon and I see the two shared drives both of which are browseable Click the Studypc icon and I get a big error dialog: "Internal Error Please send a full bug report at http://bugs.kde.org libsmbclient reported an error, but did not specify what the problem is. This might indicate a severe problem with your network - but also might indicate a problem with libsmbclient. If you want to help us, please provide a tcpdump of the network interface while you try to browse (be aware that it might contain private data, so do not post it if you are unsure about that - you can send it privately to the developers if they ask for it)" However, if I put smb://192.168.2.32 in the konqueror address bar, then I can get to studypc. There is a secondary problem there - the c drive is browseable and works great; the f drive share lets me access the root of that drive but returns a password request dialog as soon as I click on any folder, and no user/password combo residing on that machine or my Linux box will get me in (this, probably, is a Windows problem because I get the same issue when trying to browse that drive from the other Windows machine, Julimobile) At this point, I can do 95% of what I need. I'm just stubborn - mostly, at this point, I just want to understand how this all works. Why is the Studypc name not being resolved to its ip address, which is fixed, and is listed in hosts and lmhosts? Then there's that pesky problem with StudyPC's f drive - that's more transcendental because that's one of the things I do at work, manage a business network - I've never seen this kind of issue, before - but this is the wrong list for that problem..... -- Claude Jones Bluemont, VA, USA
