Samba (DNS?) problem

[Scot L. Harris]

On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 15:13, Santiago Cepas wrote:

>  smbclient -L unit21
> Password:
> Domain=[UNIT21] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.3-5]
>  
>         Sharename       Type      Comment
>         ---------       ----      -------
>         samba           Disk
>         IPC$            IPC       IPC Service (Samba Server)
>         ADMIN$          IPC       IPC Service (Samba Server)
> Domain=[UNIT21] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.3-5]
>  
>         Server               Comment
>         ---------            -------
>  
>         Workgroup            Master
>         ---------            -------
>         CYBES4
> 
> 
> 

That's better.  hmmm, not sure why the other one did not work.  Did you
take out the lanman auth and lm announce lines?  I am wondering if that
has something to do with this problem and the fact you can not see it on
the network from a windows box?


> 
> I deleted the user and added it again with smbpasswd. Just in case :-)
> 

can't hurt! :)


> > >         lanman auth = No
> > Not sure why you have this lanman auth = No.  may want to pull this out.
> > 

> > >         lm announce = No
> > Also not sure why that is there. ^^^^

> Don't have a wins server. Wonder if i should setup a wins server in my
> linux box.
> 

Should really not be a problem unless you are trying to browse through a
router to another lan segment.

> Anyway. I tried again the \\192.168.200.125 trick on windows but didn't
> get through. 
> 
> Running out of steam here...
> 

I'm running out of ideas also.  Hopefully someone else can pick up the
torch.  :)

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