This is very strange and frustrating. Our users complained that they
weren't able to get ANY Samba access, not even being able to map a network
drive (forgetting for now about that domain logon thing for a while). So I
went into the /etc/samba/smb.conf and took out all of the statements that
had anything to do with domain controlling and net logons, basically
restoring the smb.conf to the state it was in before I started messing
around with all that domain controller stuff. To my chagrin, now NOTHING
works on Samba, even with my original smb.conf! The only thing I'm doing
differently now that I wasn't doing last week is I'm now running Samba 3
instead of Samba 2. Should I uninstall Samba 3 and put version 2 back
on? This is too weird. Here's the error message I'm getting in my samba
log file whenever I try to map a network drive on the Windows client:
[2006/07/07 17:24:18, 0]
nmbd/nmbd_incomingrequests.c:process_name_refresh_request(183)
process_name_refresh_request: unicast name registration request received
for name WORKGROUP<00> from IP 128.253.175.150 on subnet UNICAST_SUBNET.
[2006/07/07 17:24:18, 0]
nmbd/nmbd_incomingrequests.c:process_name_refresh_request(184)
Error - should be sent to WINS server
It seems that your Client VENUS tries to register itself to the WINS
server it is configured to. Check what WINS server is configured using
"ipconfig /all" in a DOS prompt.
If your client's WINS server is configured to be a.b.c.d and your domain
PDC IP is a.b.c.d but the "wins server" parameter of smb.conf is set to
"no" then it would seem logical that the error is "Should be sent to the WINS".
Please post your "ipconfig /all" output and your smb.conf file.
Here's the output from the ipconfig /all:
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : cornell-emngrvm
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : phonetics.cornell.edu
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : phonetics.cornell.edu
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 3Com 3C920 Integrated Fast
Ethernet
Controller (3C905C-TX Compatible)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-06-5B-95-8C-15
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 128.253.175.146
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.128
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 128.253.175.129
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 132.236.56.249
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 132.236.56.250
128.253.180.2
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, July 07, 2006 5:14:05 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, July 07, 2006 6:14:05 PM
Here's the /etc/samba/smb.conf:
[global]
socket address = 128.253.175.155
socket options = TCP_NODELAY
invalid users = bin daemon adm sync shutdown halt mail news uucp
max log size = 100
print command = /bin/lp -d%p %s; sleep 5; rm -f %s
printer = 128_1
printing = SYSV
log file = /var/log/samba.log
log level = 2
max log size = 50
debug timestamp = yes
[homes]
browseable = no
read only = no
writeable = yes
guest ok = no
I'm completely mystified as to why I keep getting these "Error - should be
sent to WINS server" messages. If anyone has any suggestions I'd love to
hear them. At this point it looks to me that Samba has somehow become
broken beyond repair.
Eric
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