Check out the Computer Description field. I found that if there is a special character (single quote) in this field, then the PC would not display in the browse list.
Mark > To further the discussion (or lack thereof) of the browse list issues > (systems not showing up in the browse list, even though their shares are > accessable with //system/sharename) that 5 or 10 people on the list have > been having over the past month or so... > > I was out to this client the other day, had the opportunity to try the few > things that had been suggested, all to no avail. I then proceeded to join > a > new machine to the domain, after I had it all set up I happened to stumble > into Network Neighborhood and to my shock and awe there was the new system > showing up (along with the server which had always been visible). The > other > workstations are still not visible however. I went on to the server and > ran > smbtree and it happily listed the shares on the server, and on the new > workstation... but no others. > > There have been no changes to the samba configuration, so that can safely > be > eliminated as the cause... likewise both the new and old machines have all > updates applied, so that reduces (it's microsoft so can't guarantee that > it > eliminates completely) the chances that its caused by a microsoft patch. > > I have checked wins.dat and browse.dat (browse.txt, the exact name escapes > me) and I can't see any obvious differences for the entries for the new > machine vs. the existing systems. > > This should be relatively easy to troubleshoot now that I have working and > non-working examples on the same server... if someone has suggestions of > where to look? Is there anything in any of the .tdb files that would have > any bearing on a machine showing in network neighborhood or not? A viewer > to peek at those files and look for any differences at all? Any ideas? > > Thanks, >>>>>> Mike <<<<< > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
