I have one LINUX box (shlomo1) and 3 Win98 machines (shlomo2, shoshana, kids)
on my network. They can all ping each other. IP addresses are 10.200.1.1 -
10.200.1.4. Until recently my network worked fine. All machines showed up in
Network Neighborhood on the Win98 machines and in LinNeighborhood on the
LINUX box.
I don't know what has changed. Now, **seemingly at random**, some machines
show up and some don't and this changes for no **apparent** reason. For
instance, a few moments ago, I saw all machines on shlomo2 and then shlomo1
**disappeared**. One thing seems to be constant and that is that in
LinNeighborhood on the LINUX box I see either all the Win98 machines **OR**
only the LINUX box itself (shlomo1).
After playing around with smb.conf on my LINUX box and various settings on the
Win98 machines on my network, I'm stumped. I do have one suspicion (but I'm
not sure this is the problem). I think there may be a problem with more than
one machine trying to be MASTER on the network.
I'm including smb.conf and a output of some smbclient commnads that may be of
interest (notice that both solomon1 and kids appear as MASTER).
I'll be glad to send any other info needed to solve this.
TIA
--------------->>> here's smb.conf <<<-------------------------
# Global parameters
[global]
workgroup = SOLOMON
server string = Samba Server %v on Shlomo1
encrypt passwords = Yes
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 50
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
printcap name = cups
os level = 40
preferred master = Yes
dns proxy = No
wins support = Yes
printing = cups
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
read only = No
browseable = No
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
create mask = 0700
guest ok = Yes
printable = Yes
print command = lpr-cups -P %p -o raw %s -r # using client side printer
drivers.
browseable = No
[share_all]
comment = anyone can share this
path = /data3/share_all
read only = No
--------->>> here are two smbclient commands <<<---------
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# smbclient -L shlomo1 -U% -W SOLOMON -d1
Domain=[SOLOMON] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 2.2.7a-security-rollup-fix]
Sharename Type Comment
--------- ---- -------
share_all Disk anyone can share this
IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba Server
2.2.7a-security-rollup-fix on Shlomo1)
ADMIN$ Disk IPC Service (Samba Server
2.2.7a-security-rollup-fix on Shlomo1)
EPSONStylusCO Printer EPSON Stylus COLOR 670
Server Comment
--------- -------
SHLOMO1 Samba Server 2.2.7a-security-rollup-fix on Shlom
Workgroup Master
--------- -------
SOLOMON SHLOMO1
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# smbclient -L kids -U% -W SOLOMON -d1
Sharename Type Comment
--------- ---- -------
PRINTER$ Disk
580-KIDS Printer epson 580 on p1600
G-CD-KIDS Disk
F-KIDS Disk
E-KIDS Disk
C-KIDS Disk
D-KIDS Disk
IPC$ IPC Remote Inter Process Communication
Server Comment
--------- -------
KIDS Pentium 1600
SHOSHANA celron333
Workgroup Master
--------- -------
SOLOMON KIDS
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Shlomo Solomon
http://come.to/shlomo.solomon
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