I'am not sure whether it works. But you may try. change the "os level=65" to "os level=100". (restart smb) or disable the "browse list backup" service in WinXP box. (restart winxp)
"Hal Vaughan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ???????:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Monday 23 October 2006 03:20, you wrote: >> > I just want Windows users to see each Samba server and be able to >> > click through to find the shares and click on the shares to open >> > them. >> >> Having servers disappear from the browse list is normally related to >> the nameserver daemon. Are you running nmbd as well as smbd? smbd >> provides the files, nmbd provides the list of computers. > > It's running. I forgot to give full info, but this is on Debian Sarge > and installed with aptitude, so it automatically set it up to use smbd > and nmbd. > >> Given that nmbd also uses broadcasts, you might want to make sure >> that broadcasts are definitely reaching all the PCs. >> >> > browseable = yes >> > guest ok = true > > Okay, they're gone. > >> These two are only supposed to go into a share definition, I'd remove >> them from the main config file just in case. >> >> > domain master = Yes > > Removed as well, still left in > > local master = yes > preferred master = yes > >> I'd also disable this if you don't want domain logons - I wouldn't be >> surprised if this does funny things with WINS and affects browsing on >> client PCs. >> >> The rest of your config looks fine. I'd make sure nmbd is running, >> and then look at network issues to make sure broadcasts are reaching >> the clients. > > Double checked with ps -ax. It's running/ > >> If your network is at 192.168.0.0/24 you can "ping 192.168.0.255" to >> send a broadcast packet. In theory you should get replies from many >> PCs, but you may only get responses from Linux PCs, I don't think >> Windows replies to a broadcast ping. Either way at least one >> response from a different PC should indicate broadcasts are working. > > I got responses on a broadcast ping from several computers. > >> If you have another Linux PC you can also try using "nmblookup" to >> see if Linux can get a list of names too. > > Tried that. Tried: > > nmblookup -M server > > and I got: > > querying server on 172.16.7.255 > name_query failed to find name server#1d > > (That's a 1d, as in ONE-d, not an "ell".) > > I also restarted after the config changes, with no effect. > > Thanks for the suggestions! > > Hal > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba