Re: [Samba] Changing samba PDC version but keeping the same IP address
from the man page: netbios aliases (G) This is a list of NetBIOS names that nmbd will advertise as additional names by which the Samba server is known. This allows one machine to appear in browse lists under multiple names. If a machine is acting as a browse server or logon server none of these names will be advertised as either browse server or logon servers, only the primary name of the machine will be advertised with these capabilities. Default: netbios aliases = # empty string (no additional names) Example: netbios aliases = TEST TEST1 TEST2 i'd just give a CNAME in DNS to the new server with the old server's name, and use netbios alias so that the server also announces it's old name along with it's current netbios name =. that way you don't have to mess with registry edits or anything, the server will accept responses for both names. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
Re: [Samba] Changing samba PDC version but keeping the same IP address
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Toby Bluhm wrote: Frank Bonnet wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello We are facing a bit boring problem We are on the way to upgrade our PDC from 2.2.8 to 3.2.11 as we do not want to reconfigure the PDC IP address on several hundreds of windows XP clients we have chosen to keep the same IP address for the new PDC. The problem is windows clients does not update the name of network drives and keep the old names even connected to the new PDC server and it's new shares ... I suspect there are some caching mechanisms that are not completely cleaned (!!!) by windows. Any infos on how to clean widows caches are welcome. If I understand you correctly, you mean everything is working just fine, but the server name displayed in file explorer for the network drive letter is still the old server name. If that's it, check the registry: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComputerDescriptions] Delete the entries for the server it will automatically refresh to the current setting. Hello Thanks for the answer, but I have a problem to do that on our ~800 windows PC ... Is it possible to do it remotely or automate-it during boot up time ? Thanks -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkooyX8ACgkQ6f7UMO5oSsUXMQCeKFazkku82xY4FXsvZo6H7QRX jpAAn1ApT+nyUi2d4cLUI5jj7Exu3oua =jhEt -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
Re: [Samba] Changing samba PDC version but keeping the same IP address
We are on the way to upgrade our PDC from 2.2.8 to 3.2.11 as we do not want to reconfigure the PDC IP address on several hundreds of windows XP clients we have chosen to keep the same IP address for the new PDC. Why not keeping the same name for your server? Then with same name and same IP you don't need to update anything. You may have to keep the Samba server SID too (keep the secrets.tdb file from one server to the other, transparent with LDAP I think). Besys, Olivier -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
Re: [Samba] Changing samba PDC version but keeping the same IP address
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Olivier Nicole wrote: We are on the way to upgrade our PDC from 2.2.8 to 3.2.11 as we do not want to reconfigure the PDC IP address on several hundreds of windows XP clients we have chosen to keep the same IP address for the new PDC. Why not keeping the same name for your server? Then with same name and same IP you don't need to update anything. You may have to keep the Samba server SID too (keep the secrets.tdb file from one server to the other, transparent with LDAP I think). Besys, Olivier Yes I know it now , it is logical captain but the preceding person which installed the old samba version has written the samba version in the server string statement !!! and it would be very confusing for users and admins ... Of course the new server will have a generic name such as Samba server . Frank -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkoo2pwACgkQ6f7UMO5oSsVPSACgsmvdJyKh3iPItFrbzHVoA+Fx m28AnRYDTJYAgeArQi4Ny8bL659m/FqL =euvu -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
Re: [Samba] Changing samba PDC version but keeping the same IP address
Yes I know it now , it is logical captain but the preceding person which installed the old samba version has written the samba version in the server string statement !!! Ouch! and it would be very confusing for users and admins ... I don't think the users would notice, and maybe not even the admins. Of course the new server will have a generic name such as Samba server . Maybe you can have your netlogon script to edit the registry and delete the key that some other poster mentionned. That way no need to go and modify the 800++ stations. Bonne chance. Olivier -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
Re: [Samba] Changing samba PDC version but keeping the same IP address
Frank Bonnet wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Toby Bluhm wrote: Frank Bonnet wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello We are facing a bit boring problem We are on the way to upgrade our PDC from 2.2.8 to 3.2.11 as we do not want to reconfigure the PDC IP address on several hundreds of windows XP clients we have chosen to keep the same IP address for the new PDC. The problem is windows clients does not update the name of network drives and keep the old names even connected to the new PDC server and it's new shares ... I suspect there are some caching mechanisms that are not completely cleaned (!!!) by windows. Any infos on how to clean widows caches are welcome. If I understand you correctly, you mean everything is working just fine, but the server name displayed in file explorer for the network drive letter is still the old server name. If that's it, check the registry: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComputerDescriptions] Delete the entries for the server it will automatically refresh to the current setting. Hello Thanks for the answer, but I have a problem to do that on our ~800 windows PC ... Is it possible to do it remotely or automate-it during boot up time ? Thanks Something like this in your login script - should be all one line. reg delete HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComputerDescriptions /v servername_or_IP /f -- tkb -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
[Samba] Changing samba PDC version but keeping the same IP address
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello We are facing a bit boring problem We are on the way to upgrade our PDC from 2.2.8 to 3.2.11 as we do not want to reconfigure the PDC IP address on several hundreds of windows XP clients we have chosen to keep the same IP address for the new PDC. The problem is windows clients does not update the name of network drives and keep the old names even connected to the new PDC server and it's new shares ... I suspect there are some caching mechanisms that are not completely cleaned (!!!) by windows. Any infos on how to clean widows caches are welcome. Thanks -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkoneusACgkQ6f7UMO5oSsVzqwCgj5NxAHLneeNybWmif7msv1sn wZ0AoJ0FTmj8fAon0lq7/rL16yNPtdp8 =7H8F -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
Re: [Samba] Changing samba PDC version but keeping the same IP address
Frank Bonnet schrieb: We are on the way to upgrade our PDC from 2.2.8 to 3.2.11 as we do not want to reconfigure the PDC IP address on several hundreds of windows XP clients we have chosen to keep the same IP address for the new PDC. Why you use IPs on the client instead of names? Here we resolve everything by Wins/DNS. So no need for using IPs. The problem is windows clients does not update the name of network drives and keep the old names even connected to the new PDC server and it's new shares ... You mean the name of the server or from the shares? If you keep the IP you can also name the new server as the old one (what I would suggest). And if the shares also keep their names, nothing changes out of client sight. How are the shares connected? If you use a logon script, you can change this. Just disconnect all old shares before you map it. And if the shares are mapped with /PERSISTENT:NO, they are automatically disconnected after logoff. And don't forget to set the domain SID of the new server to the one of your old server. Otherwise your clients doesn't accept the new server as PDC for the domain, even if the domain name is the same. Regards, Marc -- Marc Muehlfeld (Leitung IT) Zentrum fuer Humangenetik und Laboratoriumsmedizin Dr. Klein und Dr. Rost Lochhamer Str. 29 - D-82152 Martinsried Telefon: +49(0)89/895578-0 - Fax: +49(0)89/895578-780 http://www.medizinische-genetik.de -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
Re: [Samba] Changing samba PDC version but keeping the same IP address
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Marc Muehlfeld wrote: Frank Bonnet schrieb: We are on the way to upgrade our PDC from 2.2.8 to 3.2.11 as we do not want to reconfigure the PDC IP address on several hundreds of windows XP clients we have chosen to keep the same IP address for the new PDC. Why you use IPs on the client instead of names? Here we resolve everything by Wins/DNS. So no need for using IPs. The problem is windows clients does not update the name of network drives and keep the old names even connected to the new PDC server and it's new shares ... You mean the name of the server or from the shares? If you keep the IP you can also name the new server as the old one (what I would suggest). And if the shares also keep their names, nothing changes out of client sight. it is the case How are the shares connected? If you use a logon script, you can change this. Just disconnect all old shares before you map it. And if the shares are mapped with /PERSISTENT:NO, they are automatically disconnected after logoff. OK I'm gonna try this And don't forget to set the domain SID of the new server to the one of your old server. Otherwise your clients doesn't accept the new server as PDC for the domain, even if the domain name is the same. Of course the SID is the same Regards, Marc Thanks a lot for your help. Frank -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkonhsIACgkQ6f7UMO5oSsW3FgCghWvvEQi/MKZDE9IfgMkjWt4G v1kAn06s7EbLxTx5UgDszicB4Utf7O/4 =betF -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
Re: [Samba] Changing samba PDC version but keeping the same IP address
Frank Bonnet wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello We are facing a bit boring problem We are on the way to upgrade our PDC from 2.2.8 to 3.2.11 as we do not want to reconfigure the PDC IP address on several hundreds of windows XP clients we have chosen to keep the same IP address for the new PDC. The problem is windows clients does not update the name of network drives and keep the old names even connected to the new PDC server and it's new shares ... I suspect there are some caching mechanisms that are not completely cleaned (!!!) by windows. Any infos on how to clean widows caches are welcome. If I understand you correctly, you mean everything is working just fine, but the server name displayed in file explorer for the network drive letter is still the old server name. If that's it, check the registry: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComputerDescriptions] Delete the entries for the server it will automatically refresh to the current setting. -- tkb -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
