Samba browser fail

[Peter Smith]

See Below:

-----Original Message-----
From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com
[mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of Edward Dekkers
Sent: Thursday, 1 April 2004 10:28 AM
To: pasmith at wbmpl.com.au; General Red Hat Linux discussion list
Subject: Re: Samba browser fail


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.

Well, yes, that is what I thought - but it knows about the PDC and the
password server.

What else can I tell it?  There doesn't seem to be an option for specifying
the name (or IP) of the master browser.

Thanks,
Peter