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> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 6:50 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Samba] Browse list issues with Windows XP
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> Check out the Computer Description field. I found that if
> there is
Actually, it is a bug, bug #1221:
"It traced down to the following change from samba 2.2.x to 3.0 in
lib/util_str.c:next_token():
- if (*s == '\"') {
+ if (*s == '\"' || *s == '\'') {
quoted = !quoted;
} else {
That is interesting, I will admit that my Computer Description field does
have an apostrophy (single quote) in it. So, if that is the case, I think
it is a bug, and as of 3.0, because I never had a problem with the
apostrophy in the Computer Description field on 2.2.8a, and Windows does not
have a
The delay in XP might be due to XP using Direct Hosting, instead of NBT
Some information about Windows Direct Hosting (port 445) can be found at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q204279
Here you will see that, by disabling port 445 (direct hosting), all traffic
reverts b
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 t
