some prob with m$ workstations

Kent Emia · 01-30-2004, 03:02 AM

hi to all .. im not sure if this is samba problem ... we are using samba 3 running on redhat9 ... everything is fine except for one-two pc running window$ XP ... they can't browse to the domain but if will browse to the specific PC \\machineName it will work ... is there any prob or is there any that i missed...

david_ross · 01-30-2004, 02:14 PM

Did you get any errors when you joined them to the domain?

fataldata · 01-30-2004, 02:22 PM

I used to see this kind of problem on pure M$ networks alot. I believe it has to do with the Browser election process in the SMB protocol. In any case rebooting the machine usually worked, if not I'd reboot both machines.

Kent Emia · 02-01-2004, 08:31 PM

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Originally posted by david_ross
Did you get any errors when you joined them to the domain?

no not at all.... they are working great from start .... but since these profiles is kept on changing.. i think thats when it started

Kent Emia · 02-01-2004, 08:32 PM

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Originally posted by fataldata
<snip>In any case rebooting the machine usually worked, if not I'd reboot both machines.

both? even the server?

fataldata · 02-02-2004, 09:16 AM

yea I have had to reboot both before. if your not running mission critical apps on the server this shouldn't be a problem. Not sure if this pertains to your problem due to the time period this thread has spanned the clients should have reelected a master browser by now. Good luck in any case.

Kent Emia · 02-02-2004, 08:25 PM

but its strange ... some workstations are also in XP but only this workstation have a problem ... or maybe ill start from scratch...