Did you try a packet capture on the samba server? Try adding a entry for the XP machine in the server's /etc/hosts file.
I am guessing there is some sort of weird name resolution issue going on with the server. I don't think there is any reason the server should need to resolve the name of the client machine but I have had weird issues with VPN connections before. This is a site-to-site VPN? On 08/30/12 05:34, real-men-dont-cl...@gmx.net wrote: > Hello everybody, > > we have a problem joining a domain from a remote location. > > The remote location is connected via VPN. Everything is working as exspected > but joining the samba domain from the remote location does not work. > > - Server Samba Version is 3.5.10 > - Windows Client is XP SP3 > - Joining the domain locally works without problems > - ping does work in both directions > - WINS is running on the local PDC and resolves across VPN (I tested with a > Linux client using nbmlookup) > - the WINS server is configured on the client > - NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on the client > - Windows on the client firewall is OFF > - even adding entries to the client's lmhosts file didn't solve the problem > > > Any suggestions? > > > thx > > Carsten -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba