If you are set up to use WINS this is definitely your problem. If possible upgrade your samba systems to 2.2.4. Previous versions had a bug where the would not register with the WINS server if there was an old registration there - even if that was no longer being defended.
"Van Sickler, Jim" wrote: > > Did you update the hosts/lmhosts files on > all of the servers & clients? If not, > they still contain the IP info from your > old scheme... > > Jim > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: C. Bensend [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 6:01 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [Samba] After reIP, Samba hosts not browsable. > > > > > > > > Hey folks, > > > > We recently reIP'ed our main office LAN. Ever since > > this was done, none of our Samba hosts are browsable via > > Network Neighborhood. While they are still availible via > > Start -> Run -> \\servername, it's an annoying inconvenience. > > > > Stats: > > > > * PDC and BDC are NT domain controllers > > * Samba hosts are running several versions of Samba, > > from the later 2.0.* releases, through 2.2.1 and > > 2.2.3 > > * Samba hosts include Linux, IRIX, HP-UX, and Solaris > > > > To me, this points at a WINS problem, but deleting the > > machine account from the domain and adding a new one does no > > good. Unfortunately, since WINS is such a black art (at least > > to me), the NT admins can't figure out where the problem lies, > > either. > > > > I doubt if this is a problem with Samba itself, but I'm > > hoping that since we're all here because we're integrating *NIX > > with Windows networks, someone might have run into this problem > > before. > > > > Any help would be much appreciated! If you need further info, > > I'll be happy to provide it. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Benny > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Always carry a short length of fibre-optic cable. If > > you get lost, then you can drop it on the ground, wait > > ten minutes, and ask the backhoe operator how to get > > back to civilization. -Alan Frame > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- ====================================================================== Herb Lewis Silicon Graphics Networking Engineer 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy MS-510 Strategic Software Organization Mountain View, CA 94043-1351 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 650-933-2177 http://www.sgi.com Fax: 650-932-2177 ====================================================================== -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
