Thank you very much for your answer. I will try to run smbd on my system, and check that it works.
The problem I have is that smbd (and nmbd) as I have built them are huge files even after being stripped (I get 1.5Mbytes for smbd and 615kbytes for nmbd). Is there a way to build smbd with only the necessary code to handle the browse list requests (and not file, printer, sharing, password controlled access ...) ? In other words is smbd modular in some way ? Regards, David. Le Vendredi 19 Avril 2002 01:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : > Hi, > > If you want Samba to act as a browse master then you need to be running > smbd. The way that it works is that nmbd will collect the browsing > information and write it to the browse.dat file. When a client wants to > retrieve the browse list it will connect to the IPC$ share on the machine > and issue a request to receive the browse list, thus requiring smbd to be > running. Smbd will then read the browse.dat file to server this > information. > > > Note that this is a completely separate function from being a WINS server. > Without smbd running you will not be able to browse, but you should still > be able to access the computer by name, e.g. by typing \\machine in the Run > dialog box. > > Cheers, > > Martin. > > -----Original Message----- > From: LIBAULT David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, 19 April 2002 3:10 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Using nmbd without smb for browsing > > Hi all, > > I would like 2 "Windows" PCs connected with PPP to a linux box to share > their > files and printers using netbios. > > The linux box doesn't have to appear in the "network neighbourhood". > So I run nmbd (and NOT smbd) in the linux box with the appropriate options > in > smb.conf to be a wins server and to be the domain browse master and local > browse master (as I saw in the file "browse.txt" in the docs). > > One of the "Windows PC" is an XP computer. On this machine in the > neighbourhood I see the workgroup name a entered in smb.conf > (MY_WORKGROUP), > > but I can't browse it. The name resolution looks good though (I can ping > the > > windows name of the linux box). > > In the tcpdump on this connection, it looks like the client sees the linux > box (BLUEDSL), and the try to connect to a TCP port (that would probably be > handled by smbd if it were here). > > Is there any chance I could make this configuration work ? Is anyone > interested in having more logs/config files ? > > Regards, > > David. > > > ps : > > I use samba 2.2.3a and the linux box is based on an ARM processor, linux > 2.4.17. > tcpdump on the linux box : > > linux box : name BLUEDSL, IP : 10.0.0.1 > XP machine : name CMO_LAP, IP : 10.7.58.2 > > ... > 10 20.140000 10.0.0.1 -> 10.7.58.2 NBNS Registration response NB > 10.7.58.2 > 11 20.180000 10.7.58.2 -> 10.0.0.1 NBNS Registration NB > MY_WORKGROUP > <00> > 12 20.180000 10.0.0.1 -> 10.7.58.2 NBNS Registration response NB > 10.7.58.2 > 13 20.210000 10.7.58.2 -> 10.0.0.1 NBNS Registration NB CMO_LAP > > <20> > 14 20.210000 10.0.0.1 -> 10.7.58.2 NBNS Wait for acknowledgment > response > 15 20.220000 10.7.58.2 -> 10.0.0.1 NBNS Registration NB > MY_WORKGROUP > <1e> > 16 20.220000 10.0.0.1 -> 10.7.58.2 NBNS Registration response NB > 10.7.58.2 > 17 26.800000 10.7.58.2 -> 255.255.255.255 BROWSER Get Backup List > Request > 18 26.800000 10.0.0.1 -> 10.7.58.2 BROWSER Get Backup List > Response 19 26.810000 10.7.58.2 -> 10.0.0.1 NBNS Name query NB > MY_WORKGROUP > > <1b> > 20 26.810000 10.0.0.1 -> 10.7.58.2 NBNS Name query response NB > 10.0.0.1 > 21 26.830000 10.7.58.2 -> 10.0.0.1 BROWSER Get Backup List Request > 22 26.830000 10.7.58.2 -> 10.0.0.1 NBNS Name query NB BLUEDSL > > <20> > 23 26.830000 10.0.0.1 -> 10.7.58.2 BROWSER Get Backup List > Response 24 26.840000 10.0.0.1 -> 10.7.58.2 NBNS Name query > response NB 10.0.0.1 > 25 26.850000 10.7.58.2 -> 10.0.0.1 TCP 3111 > netbios-ssn [SYN] > Seq=1608383483 Ack=0 Win=16384 Len=0 > 26 26.850000 10.0.0.1 -> 10.7.58.2 TCP netbios-ssn > 3111 [RST, > ACK] > Seq=0 Ack=1608383484 Win=0 Len=0 > 27 27.340000 10.7.58.2 -> 10.0.0.1 TCP 3111 > netbios-ssn [SYN] > Seq=1608383483 Ack=0 Win=16384 Len=0 > 28 27.340000 10.0.0.1 -> 10.7.58.2 TCP netbios-ssn > 3111 [RST, > ACK] > Seq=0 Ack=1608383484 Win=0 Len=0 > 29 27.860000 10.7.58.2 -> 10.0.0.1 TCP 3111 > netbios-ssn [SYN] > Seq=1608383483 Ack=0 Win=16384 Len=0 > 30 27.860000 10.0.0.1 -> 10.7.58.2 TCP netbios-ssn > 3111 [RST, > ACK] > Seq=0 Ack=1608383484 Win=0 Len=0 > 31 27.880000 10.7.58.2 -> 10.0.0.1 NBNS Name query NB BLUEDSL > > <20> > 32 27.890000 10.0.0.1 -> 10.7.58.2 NBNS Name query response NB > 10.0.0.1 > 33 27.900000 10.7.58.2 -> 10.0.0.1 TCP 3112 > netbios-ssn [SYN] > Seq=1608672262 Ack=0 Win=16384 Len=0 > 34 27.900000 10.0.0.1 -> 10.7.58.2 TCP netbios-ssn > 3112 [RST, > ACK] > Seq=0 Ack=1608672263 Win=0 Len=0 > 35 28.350000 10.7.58.2 -> 10.0.0.1 TCP 3112 > netbios-ssn [SYN] > Seq=1608672262 Ack=0 Win=16384 Len=0 > 36 28.350000 10.0.0.1 -> 10.7.58.2 TCP netbios-ssn > 3112 [RST, > ACK] > Seq=0 Ack=1608672263 Win=0 Len=0 > 37 28.860000 10.7.58.2 -> 10.0.0.1 TCP 3112 > netbios-ssn [SYN] > Seq=1608672262 Ack=0 Win=16384 Len=0 > 38 28.860000 10.0.0.1 -> 10.7.58.2 TCP netbios-ssn > 3112 [RST, > ACK] > Seq=0 Ack=1608672263 Win=0 Len=0 > 39 28.880000 10.7.58.2 -> 255.255.255.255 BROWSER Get Backup List > Request > 40 28.890000 10.0.0.1 -> 10.7.58.2 BROWSER Get Backup List > Response 41 28.890000 10.7.58.2 -> 10.0.0.1 BROWSER Get Backup List > Request 42 28.890000 10.0.0.1 -> 10.7.58.2 BROWSER Get Backup List > Response 43 28.910000 10.7.58.2 -> 255.255.255.255 BROWSER Get Backup > List Request > 44 28.910000 10.0.0.1 -> 10.7.58.2 BROWSER Get Backup List > Response 45 28.920000 10.7.58.2 -> 10.0.0.1 BROWSER Get Backup List > Request 46 28.930000 10.0.0.1 -> 10.7.58.2 BROWSER Get Backup List > Response 47 31.210000 10.7.58.2 -> 255.255.255.255 BROWSER Get Backup > List Request > ...