On Sunday 26 June 2005 09:49 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > 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 Solved the pinging problem by resetting local master to no on one machine. I'm certain that the firewall is off (on both linux machines), that they are both in the same workgroup, that the samba share has the appropriate permissions, rwx-r-xr-x, that there are no restrictions on who can access the share, that there are no host access restrictions. Still no way in to the share through the LAN. Still baffled (clearly I'm still missing something). Paul
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