On Saturday 27 Jul 2002 1:28 pm, C.Anne Wilson wrote: > Unfortunately the improvement was *very* shortlived. I downloaded a > file for > use elsewhere, started to copy it to FD, it crashed and was unrecoverable. > > New start, then. I've re-installed, and have things almost back to where > they were. > > Win98 clients can see my shared directories. > > [homes] is not working properly: > If I enable File & print Sharing for Windows Networks > Clients can see each other > and the server > and a folder marked \\username > > Opening this folder shows an apparently empty folder which > cannot be written > to. > > If I remove F & P Sharing etc.. > Clients can see each other > and the server > and a folder marked \\username > > Attempting to open this folder fails, citing unknown error. > > log.nmbd has this message: > > [2002/07/27 13:20:42, 0] > nmbd/nmbd_browsesync.c:find_domain_master_name_query_fail(359) > find_domain_master_name_query_fail: > Unable to find the Domain Master Browser name LYDGATE.NET<1b> for the > workgroup LYDGATE.NET. > Unable to sync browse lists in this workgroup. > > I presume that I have missed something that is making this fail. Any > pointers, please? > > I'm now certain that the slowdowns I have experienced are connected with > the > network problems. When I re-installed everything was a slick as you could > want, but the moment I wrote the smb.conf and hosts files I was back to 20 > sec. open times. > > Annene
Can we see your smb.conf file please Anne. Also how are you connecting the network physically? Gateway, firewall etc. Thanks derek
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