[Samba] Only browsing and net view \\smbserver fails with unassigned share names :(
Dear Samba List, I'm having a browsing problem with W2k on my 2.0.9 Samba server and now you are my last hope to help me solving my problem. Not working is access from Win2k Clients: net view \\ixdp425 is the first test that fails, not meaning to terminate with error, but to produce the following unexpected output: Name Typ LokalBeschreibung (Description) --- IPC Platte (Disk) Der Befehl wurde erfolgreich ausgeführt. (Command terminated successfully!) Searching for Computers in W2k will also not produce any results When samba isn't running the Server Browsing Entire Network will produce an Error: Ixdp425 cannot be accessed, the network name was not found. Explorer is showing up two shares but they don't have any names assigned to. What is working: But I'm able to net use the shares from the W2k clients, or to direct access the shares by name e.g. with win commander by cd \\ixdp425\temp Access from Linux Client is fine and produces the following: Domain=[HOME] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 2.0.9] Sharename Type Comment - --- temp Disk temporary space IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba 2.0.9) Server Comment ---- IXDP425 Samba 2.0.9 MOBILE WorkgroupMaster ---- HOME IXDP425 I also tried Samba 2.0.7 before, I tried from my W2k Notebook with almost no included Service Packs My server is an Intel Arm Xscale based on Snapgears uC-Linux with Glibc 2.2.5, I'm running the Intel Access Library Version 1.4 and Kernel Version 2.4.20 My smb.conf is as following simple snip [global] workgroup=OFFICE encrypt passwords=yes netbios name=ixdp425 preferred master = yes local master = yes domain master = yes browseable = yes [temp] comment = temporary space browse list = yes snap I tried almost every complex and simple configuration, with/without lokal and/or domain masters for more then 4days now without success. So I hope someone else has some better ideas to solve my problem than me. Thanks in advance and best regards, Edmond -- 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
[Samba] Re: hardware question
Hi Ivo, I think it depends on your network and data structure of the accessed files. If anyone else knows somethings better please correct me, I`m only Hardware Developper, and only Administrator for my own small networks. Ivo Dancet wrote: What hardware would be able to do this with ease: E.g. if you use a 100mBit EthernetCard almost every actual Hardware better than P300+ 64MB+ IDE/UDMA33+ will be able to manage the troughput. There would be about a hundred (maybe 150 later on) client pc's (win xp and some windows 98) for about 600 students and teachers. The first performanceproblems you will maybe get, if caching of webpages is used meaning to generate much traffic with very little Files, resilting in massive seek times of your harddisk. 1st example) For the amount of People (600ppl) and traffic peaks you will have to think about the latest Network and IDE-Hardware thats existing. For example Gigabit Ethernet as a backbone if you have some other routers that are able to cache your your traffic. 2nd more cheap and easy solution) Using some more 100MBit Fast Ethernet Cards in your server to spread the traffic at the entrance to your Motherboard. Calculate: 1Card means 8MByte/s maximum throughput. Your Standard PCI Bus is 32Bit wide and 33MHz fast = 4Byte * 33*10^6 = 132MByte/s. The traffic has to go first from Ethernet to Memory and second from Memory to harddisk which means to divide your maximum throughput by 2 = max. usable 66MByte/s. So it makes no sense to insert more than 6Cards into your server (which is already al lot!) For these traffic Peaks your IDE Hardware (16Bit wide ) should be able to transfer more than 66MByte/s but don't forget about the seek times! So in your case I would prefer ATA-6 (133MHz) or maybe serial ATA? You can also think about a Raid System you can use to double your IDE- Datathrouput, but that means also to to reduce your relyablillity. Better in my opinion is the following: 1.) Increase your server Memory to e.g. 1GB+ to reduce the seek times of your IDE Hardware. 2.) If your student Accounts are working with Linux and are having their home accounts on one of your servers, it is maybe possible to generate much less network traffic, because only Input and Ouput is transferred over the Network, Not the data itself (export DISPLAY). Off course I do want to backup stuff too. Less numer of disks will make backups easier. (I'm using rsync for dayly backups also from disk to disk) So only the changed data has to be transferred. And only the oldest data has to be overwritten. You have alltime a last day fullbackup, with only incremental data transfers :-) (At least very fine for me) But please be careful with all what I said and build up your own Mind. Mybe some others will answer to my silly statements ;-) I must install a samba server as PDC for my school. The server would authenticate users using openldap (on the same server). And if possible, not used right now! I would also run an intranet on it (apache, php, mysql). They have to have home dirs and there will also be some other shares, including one for printing on the server. should be not any problem in my opinion Hope to help you a little and have a nice day, Edmond -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
[Samba] Browsing and Test 8 (diagnosis.txt): net view \\xscale fails with no assigned share names (Smb-2.0.9 Snapgear Win2k)
Dear Samba Gurus, having a browsing problem with W2k (German Version) on my 2.0.9 server (also tried 2.0.7 before), you are my last hope to help me soling my problem! Everything is working fine accessing the samba server from linux, no problem at all, all shares are listet with exact namewith smbclient -L ixdp425 (Intel Xscale Developper Plattform ixp425 Proz.) I'm also able to net use the shares from the W2k clients, or to direct access the shares by name e.g. with win commander by cd \\ixdp425\temp the test net view \\ixdp425 is the first test that fails, not meaning to terminate with error, but to produce the following unexpected output: Name Typ LokalBeschreibung (Description) --- IPC Platte (Disk) Der Befehl wurde erfolgreich ausgeführt. (Command terminated successfully!) The corresponding Linux test with smbclient -Lixdp425 will show the following correct share names Domain=[HOME] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 2.0.9] Sharename Type Comment - --- temp Disk temporary space IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba 2.0.9) Server Comment ---- IXDP425 Samba 2.0.9 MOBILE WorkgroupMaster ---- HOME IXDP425 My server is an Intel Arm Xscale based on Snapgears uC-Linux with Glibc 2.2.5 I'm running the Intel Access Library Version 1.3 and Kernel Version 2.4.20 My smb.conf is as following simple snip [global] workgroup=OFFICE encrypt passwords=yes netbios name=ixdp425 preferred master = yes local master = yes domain master = yes browseable = yes [temp] comment = temporary space browse list = yes snap Searching in Windows 2000 will also produce any results, only when samba isn't running the developpers board is found. Browsing the Entire Network the explorer will also produce an Error in german: (Auf Ixdp425 kann nicht zugegriffen werden, der Netzwerkname wurde nicht gefunden.) which means in my translation Ixdp425 cannot be accessed, the network name was not found. It's showing up to shares in the tree, but they don't have any names assigned to. I tried almost every complex and simple configuration, with/without lokal and/or domain masters for more then 4days now without success. So I hope someone else has some better ideas to solve my problem than me Thanks in advance and best regards, Edmond -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
