On Tuesday 10 May 2005 10:40, Alexander Lazarevich wrote: > On Tue, 10 May 2005, Paul Gienger wrote: > >> [global] > >> wins support = yes > > > > Have you pointed your machines at this one for their wins server? This > > is crucial. As an alternative, have you looked at the remote sync > > related parameters? > > Yes. XP clients WINS settings are pointing to the samba server. I've also > tried not using samba as a WINS server, pointing both samba and XP clients > to other WINS servers in the WAN, but that doesn't work either.
What other WINS servers do you have? How is WINS replication configured? - John T. > > Thanks for the tip though. Any more? > > Alex > > >> I have a similar problem, except I'm not going through a VPN, I'm in a > >> university WAN. My samba PDC cannot get the browse list of any domains > >> outside of my subnet. I've gotten some responses saying you should just > >> be able to see the browse list no problem, others saying they can't see > >> the browse list. Documentation on this is terrible. Commands I've used > >> to troubleshoot are: findsmb, nmblookup and smbclient -L, but all they > >> tell me is what I already know: my nmbd cannot get the browse list from > >> any domains outside of my own subnet yet still in the WAN. > >> Interestingly, I have an NT 4 PDC on the same subnet which can do > >> exactly that: it see's every domain in the WAN. In all other respects > >> samba PDC works perfectly, but if I can't fix this browse list issue, we > >> can't replace our windows PDC with samba. > >> > >> If you find the solution, please let me know. I'll do the same. If you > >> find any additional troublshooting tools, please let me know. > >> > >> Alex > >> > >> On Tue, 10 May 2005, Craig Main wrote: > >>> Hi All, > >>> > >>> I have a openvpn setup between two Linux boxes. The internal networks > >>> on each side are on seperate network ranges. > >>> > >>> I can ping all boxes from either side, and if I search for a box using > >>> it's ip address, I can see the box and access it's shares. > >>> > >>> What I would like to do however is to be able to see the the pc's in > >>> their workgroups (each subnet has it's own workgroup). > >>> > >>> I have tried setting up each samba box as a wins server for it's own > >>> workgroup, and then pointed the pc's on the other network to use it as > >>> its wins server, this didn't seen to work either. > >>> > >>> Can anyone help in this regard, what else should I do? > >>> > >>> Regards > >>> Craig > >>> -- > >>> To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > >>> instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > > > > -- Paul Gienger Office: 701-281-1884 > > Applied Engineering Inc. > > Systems Architect Fax: 701-281-1322 > > URL: www.ae-solutions.com mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- John H Terpstra Samba-Team Member Phone: +1 (650) 580-8668 Author: The Official Samba-3 HOWTO & Reference Guide, ISBN: 0131453556 Samba-3 by Example, ISBN: 0131472216 Hardening Linux, ISBN: 0072254971 Other books in production. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
