1) What samba version do you use?

2) Why don't you set the "master browser" variable for the linux box?

3) Don't know much about winbind, but perhaps you souhld check about using it.

4) Try changing the cable or switch the card on the linux box - one of them may be defective.

good luck!
Dotan

On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 19:10:15 +0200, Shlomo Solomon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

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




------- Shlomo Solomon http://come.to/shlomo.solomon Sent by KMail (KDE 3.1) on LINUX Mandrake 9.1



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