Hi all,
I set up a Samba server (version 3.0.24) names "Lamp" on a Debian Etch
distribution. It provides a "guest" (guest ok = yes, guest only = yes,
security = SHARE) access to a "share" directory, which works fine.
Indeed, I can access \\lamp\share from a Windows machine (named
"Ginger") without issuing a password.
I can also ping the Linux machine from the Windows one using "ping
Lamp", and get the Windows machine IP from its NetBIOS name:
# nmblookup Ginger
querying Ginger on 192.168.1.255
192.168.1.22 Ginger<00>
But I cannot ping (or, more generally, resolve the name of) the Windows
machine from the Linux one:
# ping Ginger
ping: unknown host Ginger
I hence followed the guidelines from those links:
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-182824.html
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-networking-3/linuxsamba-pdc-cant-resolve-windows-names-622797/
Which means I installed winbind and modified /etc/nsswitch.conf by
adding "wins" to the "hosts" entry. As I understand it, winbind provides
a bridge between nmbd and gethostbyname() by using the "Name Service
Switch". Please note that I am not interested in the "active directory"
part of winbind, nor in joining a domain, etc.
Anyway, after I performed those modifications, "ping Ginger" actually
worked. But then, \\lamp\share could not be accessed anymore (the error
message was "The specified group does not exist").
Now, as soon as I remove the winbind package, I can access \\lamp\share
again, but "ping Ginger" does not work anymore.
I've been suggested on #samba to drop winbind and simply add "wins
support = yes" to smb.conf; but then "ping Ginger" does not work any better.
So, can I keep my simple "share" configuration, *and* integrate NetBIOS
name resolution to my Linux system using Name Service Switch?
FWIW, I posted my smb.conf here: http://pastebin.ca/1019614
<http://pastebin.ca/1019614> and nsswitch.conf here:
http://pastebin.ca/1019612 <http://pastebin.ca/1019612>.
Any hint would be greatly approciated. Wht should I look for?
Regards.
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