Hey all
This isn't really such a big problem since everything works, but it's really annoying.
I'm using slack8.1 and samba 2.2.7a on 2.4.19 kernel. I have another 2 machines on the network running WinXP. I should also mention that the network functions normally on the "TCP/IP level".
Now, when I look at the 'microsoft windows network' all the computers show up in the 'Sons of Satan' workgroup as they should. I can click on the XP machines and get in to browse them normally, but the linux one gives that message people complained about before - "There is a duplicate name on the network...". If I do a search for it, I find it normally, but trying to open it gives the same message.
The weird thing here is that it works perfectly if I try to access the same computer by IP adress, e.g. \\192.168.1.1. As I said, got 2 XP machines so I've checked both of them and they give the same results.
Anyone got any suggestions? The NetBIOS name of the linux computer is the same as the username I use on the XP machines, that's the only problem that I could think of here. Anyway I'm going to make smb log or debug more than it does right now and see if it picks up on something, but later.. Too tired right now..
(edit)
Just saw the ping post and tried to use ping with the netbios name... it resolves to 127.0.0.1?! This netbios thing rocks..