Samba browser fail

[Edward Dekkers]

Peter Smith wrote:
> Hello again,
> 
> I have Googled all day without finding anything helpful.
> 
> I am running RedHat 7.3, kernel 2.4.18-3, samba 2.2.7-security-rollup-fix,
> in an NT4 domain.
> 
> This system was running well until I reinstalled the OS.  I am using a copy
> of the smb.conf and so on that were working before.
> 
> Now, while samba seems to be rinning OK, and the system can mount Windows
> shares without problems, Windows machines cannot see the samba machine at
> all.  There is an error report on browsing problems every 15 minutes.
> 
> I append output from the log.nmbd file, starting from where the samba server
> successfully joined the NT domain, followed by the [global] section of
> smb.conf.
> 
> Has anyone come across this before?
> 
> Thanks for all your help in the past,
> Peter Smith
> 
> =============================================
> [2004/03/31 14:17:42, 0] nmbd/nmbd.c:terminate(59)
>   Got SIGTERM: going down...
> [2004/03/31 14:19:26, 0] nmbd/nmbd.c:main(794)
>   Netbios nameserver version 2.2.7-security-rollup-fix started.
>   Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1994-2002
> [2004/03/31 14:19:26, 0] param/loadparm.c:map_parameter(2077)
>   Unknown parameter encountered: "allow null passwords"
> [2004/03/31 14:19:26, 0] param/loadparm.c:lp_do_parameter(2751)
>   Ignoring unknown parameter "allow null passwords"
> [2004/03/31 14:24:52, 0]
> nmbd/nmbd_become_lmb.c:become_local_master_stage2(404)
>   *****
> 
>   Samba name server BACKSERV is now a local master browser for workgroup WBM
> on subnet 192.168.0.4
> 
>   *****
> [2004/03/31 14:25:14, 0]
> nmbd/nmbd_browsesync.c:find_domain_master_name_query_fail(358)
>   find_domain_master_name_query_fail:
>   Unable to find the Domain Master Browser name WBM<1b> for the workgroup
> WBM.
>   Unable to sync browse lists in this workgroup.
> [2004/03/31 14:40:14, 0]
> nmbd/nmbd_browsesync.c:find_domain_master_name_query_fail(358)
>   find_domain_master_name_query_fail:
>   Unable to find the Domain Master Browser name WBM<1b> for the workgroup
> WBM.
>   Unable to sync browse lists in this workgroup.
> =============================================
> [global]
>         wins server = 192.168.0.6
>         passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
>         pam password change = Yes
>         printing = lprng
>         dns proxy = No
>         encrypt passwords = Yes
>         allow null passwords = Yes
>         socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_SNDBUF=14596
> SO_RCVBUF=14596
>         max log size = 0
>         preferred master = No
>         password server = ECOSERV
>         obey pam restrictions = Yes
>         passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n
> *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
>         security = DOMAIN
>         unix password sync = Yes
>         server string = %L Samba Server %v
>         workgroup = WBM
>         log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
>         netbios name = BACKSERV
>         os level = 33
>         kernel oplocks = No
>         domain master = No
> =============================================

I could be wrong but it looks to me like it can't find the master for 
the domain, hence it can't add itself to the browse list stored on the 
other server. In a domain setup, there is only one master browser.

Regards,
Ed.