Paul Kaplan wrote: > I have samba server on both the linux boxes and it works fine to access the > w2k box. The problem is somewhere else...I think. If the linux firewalls > are on, there's no indication that any of the machines even bother to probe > for the protected machine, but when the firewalls are off, a Lineighborhood > or Windoze Networking will spend 10-15 seconds apparently probing for the > hidden machine. > I think what is happening here is that the machines are holding an "election" to see who will be the "master browser". One thing that can complicate that is if Linux machines are all running the stock config file. The reasion for this is that they are all set to the same "os level", so they have to do more work to determin who the winner is. One thing that I usualy do is adjust the value in the config file so that the system I want to win the election, if it is turned on, will always win the election. This is controlled by this section of the samba.conf file:
# OS Level determines the precedence of this server in master browser # elections. The default value should be reasonable # os level = 33 Of corse, if you don't want a specific machine to ever with the election, you can set "local master = no". > > As I mentioned, I can't ping the linux boxes even with the firewalls turned > off. AFAIK, you don't need samba or windows to ping a legitimate TCP/IP > address. I don't bother to ping by machine name because I don't have a local > DNS server and I never bothered/needed to make an entry in /etc/hosts > > Still baffled... > Paul > Not being able to ping the machine is definitly an indication of the problem. While Samba will work while ping is blocked, when ping is blocked, or doesn't work, then usualy the ports Samba needs are also blocked. I know you said you turned off the firewall, but it still sounds like a firewall problem. As a double check, run on the 2005LE machine, as root: service shorewall stop service iptables stop Then see if you can ping the 2005 machine. If you still have trouble, then look at /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny. For now, make sure there are no rules in ether file. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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