GOT IT! It was the UNDERSCORE in the netbios name (SAMBA_SERVER). Once I took that out everything else fell right into place.
Thanks a million for all your help! Rick > AH HAH! The workstation CAN'T see the Samba server when I try to browse > it using \\SAMBA_SERVER ! hmmmmm. > > The /etc/samba/lmhosts file has this: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost > 192.168.51.3 SAMBA_SERVER > > and I have > > wins support = Yes > > in the /etc/samba/smb.conf > > and 192.168.51.3 as the Primary Wins server on the workstation as well > as the Primary and Secondary DNS servers for our Internet service. > > Is there something else I need to set up for this? Man .. this has gone > from one problem, to a completely different one! ;-) > > Thanks again for your help, > > Rick > >> My suggestion would be to make sure your workstation can resolve the >> UNC of the samba server. You have our choice of two naming methods >> for Windows 2000. You have Wins, or DNS. DNS is used primarily in >> Active Directory environments. Since you are not using AD, then your >> Wins setup must be flawless. >> >> >> Errol >> >> >> At 09:25 AM 6/3/2003 -0700, you wrote: >>>No .. there's no firewall. The samba server is at 192.168.51.3, and >>> the >>> workstation I'm working with is at 192.168.50.120. Everything seems >>> to be routing across the networks just fine. I can FTP to the server >>> and browse web pages there on the machine. >>> >>>I have 192.168.51.3 set as the primary Wins server on the 2000 box and >>> I checked again to verify that wins support = Yes was set. All of the >>> 2000 boxes that are on the local network work just fine. >>> >>>I also checked that the TCP/IP NetBIOS helper was running on the >>> client, and as is par with most of my problems, everything looks just >>> fine. >>> >>>ARRRGGHHHHH =) >>> >>>Rick >>> >>> > Is there a firewall or some kind of filtering action happening >>> between the two networks? If so, try opening up the communications >>> wide between the two networks. Secondly, make sure your windows >>> systems are configured to use your samba server as their primary >>> wins server. >>> > >>> > Errol >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > At 08:54 AM 6/3/2003 -0700, you wrote: >>> >>OK ... that got me closer than I've been. >>> >> >>> >>When I try to join the domain now, it pops up and asks for a >>> username >>> >> and password, as it should, but when I enter root/password and hit >>> enter, it hangs for a few seconds, then errors out with: >>> >> >>> >>The following error occurred attempting to join the domain >>> "domain"; >>> >> >>> >>The network path was not found. >>> >> >>> >> >>> >>I found some documentation about this being some strange XP >>> problem, >>> >> but this is 2000, and when I tried the fix they suggested it >>> didn't >>> work. At least I'm a step closer. Any ideas? >>> >> >>> >>Thanks again, >>> >> >>> >>Rick >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> > I think you may want to use the "remote announce" directive. >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > Errol >>> >> > >>> >> > At 08:25 AM 6/3/2003 -0700, you wrote: >>> >> >>I know this must have been answered 3 million times, but I can't >>> >> find >>> >> >> it. I need to have some windows 2000 machines on a different >>> >> network connect to our Samba PDC. >>> >> >> >>> >> >>The few documents that I've read said that a Wins server will >>> >> resolve >>> >> >> the issue, but they don't explain any more than that. I have >>> wins >>> >> support = Yes in the smb.conf, and I have the IP of the samba >>> server in the Wins of the Win2K box, but it still doesn't find the >>> domain. Is there something else that I need to configure? >>> >> >> >>> >> >>TIA >>> >> >> >>> >> >>Rick >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >>-- >>> >> >>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 > > > > -- > 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
