Re: [Samba] Samba 3.5.8 - windows XP workstations disapear from browselist

2012-01-30 Thread Daniel Deptuła
Yes I am Polish but I didn't have time yet to investigate the problem. Maybe it is language related... I can check it also (I have some non-polish xp's). I'll let you know. Daniel W dniu 2012-01-27 13:19, BartekR pisze: Hello ! I've upgraded samba to 3.6.1 during migration to new hardware. P

Re: [Samba] Samba 3.5.8 - windows XP workstations disapear from browselist

2012-01-27 Thread BartekR
Hello ! I've upgraded samba to 3.6.1 during migration to new hardware. Problem remains the same. Offtop. Are You Polish ? Nobody else reported similar problem. Perhaps it is language related (language specyfic Windows update). Thanks! BartekR W dniu 2012-01-26 21:59, Daniel Deptuła pisze:

Re: [Samba] Samba 3.5.8 - windows XP workstations disapear from browselist

2012-01-26 Thread Daniel Deptuła
Hello! I'm afraid I have the same problem in my network. We have a domain where Samba (3.5.11) is the PDC. Clients include Windows XP's and 7's. I recently noticed that many stations are not visible in the browselist. I'll investigate it and let you know about the results. Daniel W dniu 20

Re: [Samba] Samba 3.5.8 - windows XP workstations disapear from browselist

2012-01-25 Thread BartekR
Hello ! I would like to refresh this topic beacuse I have discovered something new. This problem relates only to machines with WINDOWS XP with automatic system update enabled. Win XP sp2 (fresh install) with disabled updates does not dissapear! So should i try to uninstall some of updates ?Is

Re: [Samba] Samba 3.5.8 - windows XP workstations disapear from browselist

2011-05-23 Thread BartekR
Hi! Since there is no clean solution for this I wrote simple perl script. Simplified algorithm: 1. Load /etc/hosts 2. Use arping to check every ip from /etc/hosts (belonging to local network) for presence. 3. If there is an arp response check this host by issuing smbclient. 4. If there is an

Re: [Samba] Samba 3.5.8 - windows XP workstations disapear from browselist

2011-05-11 Thread BartekR
W dniu 2011-05-11 15:41, Chris Smith pisze: On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 7:58 AM, BartekR wrote: So it is impossible to solve this issue ? Maybe :) Try running: = net config server /autodisconnect:-1 = on the XP workstations. No success. Check the netw

Re: [Samba] Samba 3.5.8 - windows XP workstations disapear from browselist

2011-05-11 Thread Chris Smith
On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 7:58 AM, BartekR wrote: > So it is impossible to solve this issue ? Maybe :) Try running: = net config server /autodisconnect:-1 = on the XP workstations. Check the network device in device manager and make sure that power manageme

Re: [Samba] Samba 3.5.8 - windows XP workstations disapear from browselist

2011-05-11 Thread BartekR
So it is impossible to solve this issue ? I don't have any other ideas except some kind of nasty workaround: Ill write perl script. It would periodically check every machine in /etc/ethers for presence and smb/nmb activity. Depending on that it will maintain directory with windows-style shortcu

Re: [Samba] Samba 3.5.8 - windows XP workstations disapear from browselist

2011-05-09 Thread BartekR
Lastest log with "log level = 3" (cat log.nmbd |grep BARTEKR -B1) [2011/05/09 20:23:30.422987, 3] nmbd/nmbd_namelistdb.c:250(add_name_to_subnet) add_name_to_subnet: Added netbios name BARTEKR<20> with first IP 192.168.7.121 ttl=299211 nb_flags=44 to subnet WINS_SERVER_SUBNET -- [2011/05/09

Re: [Samba] Samba 3.5.8 - windows XP workstations disapear from browselist

2011-05-09 Thread Helmut Hullen
Hallo, Chris, Du meintest am 08.05.11: > information for NetBIOS and WINS. > And fix the name resolve order in > smb.conf (you have a typo - hosts instead of host). > > In smb.conf: > > name resolve order = wins host bcast > =

Re: [Samba] Samba 3.5.8 - windows XP workstations disapear from browselist

2011-05-09 Thread Chris Smith
On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 10:41 AM, BartekR wrote: > name resolve order = wins host bcast > As You wrote below. Am I correct ? > >> 3) make sure that your DHCP server (you seem to have enough systems >> that manual configuration would be undesirable) provides the proper >> information for NetBIOS and

Re: [Samba] Samba 3.5.8 - windows XP workstations disapear from browselist

2011-05-09 Thread BartekR
# nmblookup -MS -- - INFO: Current debug levels: all: True/10 tdb: False/0 printdrivers: False/0 lanman: False/0 smb: False/0 rpc_parse: False/0 rpc_srv: False/0 rpc_cli: False/0 passdb: False/0 sam: False/0 auth: False/0 winbind: False/0 vfs: False/0 idmap: False/0 q

Re: [Samba] Samba 3.5.8 - windows XP workstations disapear from browselist

2011-05-09 Thread BartekR
W dniu 08.05.2011 21:48, Chris Smith pisze: On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 1:59 PM, BartekR wrote: So it is Windows XP workstations to blame or maybe there is another thing that i should check ? I run several Samba installations with no such issues with XP. So unless your XP installs are tweaked in s

Re: [Samba] Samba 3.5.8 - windows XP workstations disapear from browselist

2011-05-09 Thread Moray Henderson
BartekR wrote: > So it is Windows XP workstations to blame or maybe there is another > thing that i should check ? The command nmblookup -MS -- - lists the status of all master browsers on your network. That will tell you if the problem is caused by your server losing its master status, or by

Re: [Samba] Samba 3.5.8 - windows XP workstations disapear from browselist

2011-05-08 Thread Chris Smith
On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 1:59 PM, BartekR wrote: > So it is Windows XP workstations to blame or maybe there is another thing > that i should check ? I run several Samba installations with no such issues with XP. So unless your XP installs are tweaked in some weird fashion I wouldn't suspect off-han

Re: [Samba] Samba 3.5.8 - windows XP workstations disapear from browselist

2011-05-08 Thread BartekR
So it is Windows XP workstations to blame or maybe there is another thing that i should check ? Bartek R. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba

Re: [Samba] Samba 3.5.8 - windows XP workstations disapear from browselist

2011-05-08 Thread Chris Smith
On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 4:10 AM, BartekR wrote: > So security = share is some kind of outdated option ? I used it in past > without any problems. I guess "unofficially deprecated", might be one way to put it. > Thanks for this information too. My manual for smb.conf is shorter from what > i remem

Re: [Samba] Samba 3.5.8 - windows XP workstations disapear from browselist

2011-05-08 Thread BartekR
W dniu 07.05.2011 22:25, Chris Smith pisze: Try changing the above parameters. Eliminate, or comment out: === # socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_SNDBUF=16384 SO_RCVBUF=16384 === Change the rest to either: or pref

Re: [Samba] Samba 3.5.8 - windows XP workstations disapear from browselist

2011-05-07 Thread Chris Smith
On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 3:38 PM, BartekR wrote: > socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_SNDBUF=16384 SO_RCVBUF=16384 > security = share > os level = 255 > domain master = no > preferred master = yes Try changing the above parameters. Eliminate, or comment out: ==

[Samba] Samba 3.5.8 - windows XP workstations disapear from browselist

2011-05-07 Thread BartekR
Hello! I have small network in my work. Workstations that connects to it runs various kind of OS. This includes: 1x Windows 95 (Brother Printer) 8x Windows XP <=problematic! 2x Windows Visa 2x Windows 7 1x Samba 3.5.8 (WINS,DNS, supose to be LMB) There is a serious problem with a browselist.