On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Hodges, Robert CTR USAF AFMC 520 SMXS/MXDEC <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, new to the list. > > My apologies if this issue has already been covered, but I am having the > following problem with Samba: > > Using Windows XP as a client, I am trying to see a Solaris system as a > server. Solaris is running Samba 2.4.2, and Windows 2000 sees it as a > server without any problems. > > Windows XP, however, generates the error "The network name is no longer > available" when trying to browse to shares on the Solaris box. Browsing > is what produces the error - otherwise, I can map to and access > resources directly with "\\servername\share". > > Running the command "browstat status" on the WinXP box shows that the > Windows machine is not able to pull the server list from the Solaris > box. Again, Windows 2000, however, works fine and does not have this > problem. > > Desperate for help to get this resolved.
Did you enable WINS on the samba server and set that up on the XP box? Usually that fixes a lot of windows browsing problems. John -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
