Samba and DOS Client

[Thomas Fortner]

We have just installed Samba on RH 9 and it appeared
to install properly.  When we attempt to login with:
    smbclient //myserver/myfolder
we get a successful connection.

We also have a DOS client on the same network,
that is running LanMan.   At the DOS prompt, when we 
enter 'net', a window displays that has a 'browse' selection.
When we select 'browse', we see a list of all users in the
workgroup, including the Samba server.  However, when
we select the Samba Server, we get this message:

Error 53: The computer name sepcified in the network
    path cannot be located.

The Server can successfully ping the DOS client, and the
DOS client can successfully ping the Server.  The Server
name and IP address were added to the DOS 'lmhosts'
file, and the DOS client was added to the Server /etc/hosts
file.

We have a disk share named 'hostpc' set up on the Server,
and the 'smbclient -L bigdog' command will display the share.

On the DOS client, when we enter:
    net use G: \\bigdog\hostpc

we get the same error 53 message.

Attached is a copy of the smb.conf file.

Can anyone tell us what we have missed in the setup?

Thanks,
BillyD

Hi Billy,

The DOS client needs an lmhosts file in the \LANMAN.DOS\NETWORK
directory to find the server. This is assuming you are using Lan Manager
DOS client 3.0 or older (the installation directory varies on the DOS
client). The lmhosts file must be located with the protocol.ini and
system.ini files for it to be used by LANMAN. Lan Manager can only use
an lmhosts file or a WINS server to locate Lan Manager hosts. 

It's been years since I worked with the DOS client every day, but I
think I got the directories correct. If you're working on a LANMAN boot
disk, you'll need to put the lmhosts file in A:\NETWORK.


Tom

Thomas S. Fortner 
Burleson, Texas 
thomas.fortner at sbcglobal.net 
"but we preach Christ crucified..."  1 Corinthians 1:23 

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