Stephan Hachinger wrote: > > Hello! > > Now, the further problems: I hope perhaps someone can send me some > suggestions about this 'cause I have read the smb.conf manpage thoroughly > and don't know what to do (although I said I was probably able to solve > this). > > I'm using a ip connection over slip (serial cable direct) from a WIN 95b box > to slink. I can also mount my win services (smbmount), no problem. And I can > use the samba supplied services on the win box. But, the problem is that win > doesn't find any computer in the Network Neighbourhood and claims it can't > be browsed. If I Run >>//computername/resource" in win, I can see the > resource, and then, if I press the "change to upper dir" button (don't know > what it's called in English WIN vers), I get, after some time connected, > the workgroup in the window, and then, after a second click I reach the > network neighbourhood and then --- the computername is shown > CORRECTLY!!! > > I really don't know what causes this behaviour, and so I'm sending you the > smb.conf as well as the dialup.dun file with this mail. I'm using Samba > 2.0.5 or so. > > Sometimes it also says that the groupname "workgroup" cannot be found, > although I've configured both boxes to be in that group. > I've run into this a fair number of times. I think the problem is that when Windows networking looks for other computers in the neighborhood, all it can do through TCP/IP is broadcast to local machines. It needs WINS to be able to resolve names over a PPP or (I assume) SLIP link. (Why, I'm not quite sure; maybe someone can fill me in on this). Try setting up My Computer/Control Panel/Network on your Win machine to use WINS, and point it to the IP address of your Linux box in the DUN TCP/IP settings. (pppd has a way to provide the WINS IP address from the server, so you wouldn't have to set it on the Win machine, but I don't know if SLIP has this).
In smb.conf on your Linux box, make sure to set: wins support I also set: os level=65 domain master=yes local master=yes preferred master=yes That way, browsing is all done through the Linux box and doesn't "drift around". One more thing: make sure those workgroup names match on your Win box and in smb.conf!