[wplug] Samba problem

[Michael Semcheski]

Its kind of a lot of details here, so I realize you may have said
everything I'm going to suggest.

But, I work with a lot of Windows machines, and I will try to exhibit a
little insight here.

First thing I would do is determine if the Windows machines are logging
any other errors.  Check the System, Application, and Security logs in
the Event Viewer.  They may be clean even if there should be something
logged -- Windows is very flexible about what logging level is used.

If not, I would also check the registry entries
hkey_local_machine/currentcontrolset/services/lanmanworkstation/paramaters/requiresecuritysignature
= 0, enablesecuritysignature = 1.  enableplaintextsignature = 1 might be
a bit of a risk, but you might try it.  Use similar settings in
lanmanserver/parameters too.  lanmanserver shouldn't matter here, but
who knows -- it can't hurt.

That is one thing that can screw up windows.  Then, you get the error
message, and for one reason or another, it doesn't tell you what's
really going on.

Supposing that doesn't work, you have to determin how these Windows
machines are able to see the linux box in the browser.  The error says
"name not found."  Well, why would it be found?  There's no DNS, maybe
there's WINS, maybe there isn't.  Maybe its NetBEUI brodcasts.  Its
definitely not magic.  Maybe it shows up in the browser via a brodcast,
but when you try to access the share, it can't resolve the name.  You've
got to figure out how thats happening. 

Can the Windows box connect to other shares?

Mike


R.E.Coutch wrote:
> <Insert various replies here>
>
> OK - Thanks for the responses.
>
> Let's see if I can cover them all.
>
> The iTunes idea I considered except I'll still need a machine with a
> perm. IP address.
>
> I do have browseable = Yes in my config.
>
> While the network is a combination of Linux and Windows clients, it's
> not in a work environment with domain controllers and such.
>
> I guess I should mention I'm now running Samba 3.0 which I have never
> tried before now.
>
>
> Here's some more info I found: ============================== On
> Samba.org's own website they document how to set up a guest
> accessible server by using passdb backend = guest.
>
> There is no mention of a guest backend anywhere in the passdb backend
>  documentation and when I try it, samba crashes and the log says
> there is no guest backend.
>
> Talk about "Things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmm".
>
>
> I'm sure it would be easier to just assign my "server" a static IP
> and have apache serve up the directories but I would really like to
> figure out why samba isn't working they way I would like it to.
>
>
> Thanks for the feedback and if I do find the problem, I'll be sure to
> post it.
>
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