I have a Samba server running on my small home network. The home
network is served off its own NIC (eth0). A separate NIC (eth1) is
connected thru cable modem to VOIP router. The VOIP router appears to
be doing NAT and serves up an address:
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:75:73:91:0F
inet addr:192.168.15.100 Bcast:192.168.15.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::204:75ff:fe73:910f/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:303755 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:265877 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:326973694 (311.8 MiB) TX bytes:41058862 (39.1 MiB)
Interrupt:22 Base address:0x8000
My /var/log/messages file is filling with the following messages, every
10-15 minutes:
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Apr 15 11:24:25 localhost nmbd[4279]: [2006/04/15 11:24:25, 0]
nmbd/nmbd_browsesync.c:get_domain_master_name_node_status_fail(488)
Apr 15 11:24:25 localhost nmbd[4279]:
get_domain_master_name_node_status_fail:
Apr 15 11:24:25 localhost nmbd[4279]: Doing a node status request to
the domain master browser at IP 192.168.15.100 failed.
Apr 15 11:24:25 localhost nmbd[4279]: Cannot get workgroup name.
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I can see my shares on the network from a Windows XP client. All seems
well. I have shared my linux box printer thru the printer share & it works.
My testparm file:
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[global]
workgroup = MSHOME
netbios name = SAMBA
server string = Samba %v
interfaces = eth0
bind interfaces only = Yes
guest account = lvanek
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *New*UNIX*password* %n\n
*ReType*new*UNIX*password* %n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*upda
ed*successfully*
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
unix password sync = Yes
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
max log size = 50
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
printcap name = /etc/printcap
os level = 65
preferred master = Yes
domain master = Yes
dns proxy = No
wins support = Yes
idmap uid = 16777216-33554431
idmap gid = 16777216-33554431
guest ok = Yes
hosts allow = 192.168.1.
cups options = raw
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
path = /home/lvanek
valid users = lvanek
read only = No
directory mask = 0775
hide dot files = No
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
printable = Yes
browseable = No
[tmp]
comment = Temporary file space
path = /tmp
valid users = bvanek, lvanek
read only = No
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My take on the log messages is that nmbd broadcasts to ALL interfaces
even though I bind only to eth0 (home network NIC). The IP address
(192.168.15.100) is assigned by the VOIP router.
Any suggestions as to how I can quiet these?
As a side note, I am confused as to whether I need to call for Samba to
be a domain master in a simple setup like this. I appears as though I
do. Thoughts?
