Re: Samba: Windows can't see Linux

From: Andy (ajj3085_at_comcast.net.SPAMBLOCKER)
Date: 07/25/03 

Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 20:29:13 -0400

Robert Book wrote:

> I have a Windows 98SE box and a Red Hat 7.2 box with Samba 2.2.8a.
>
> The Linux box has no problem seeing the Windows box, mounting shares,
> etc.
> The Windows box has no problem seeing the Linux box for non-Samba
> purposes (ping, ssh, etc.) But, the Windows box can't see the Linux
> box in Network Neighborhood, and can't access any shares.
>
> I went through the "troubleshooting" chapter on samba.org, and found
> that the nmb test fails. That is,
>
> nmblookup -B 192.168.5.255 RH72
>
> does not find the RH72 box -- even when that command is run on the
> RH72 box itself!
>
> Changing the IP in that command from the "broadcast" IP to RH72'2 IP
> does give the correct response, and "smbclient -L //RH72" produces a
> correct list of shares.
>
> So, it seems that RH72 is not responding when queried on the broadcast
> IP.
>
> How can I fix this?
>
> (I've already tried invoking nmbd with the "-B" option, but that
> didn't work.)
>
> Thanks!
>
> --Robert

Did you check /var/log/messages and /var/log/samba/* for any indication of
whats not working? nmbd should start at the same time samba does. You
should be starting samba with /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb start...and that should
start both services. Also, you may want to post your smb.conf file.

Finally, sometimes it takes a while, 15+ minutes, before the smb machines
work out new elections. It may show up if you just wait around for a
while.

Andy

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