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Any help would be appreciated
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There's a good "Any" key kind of joke in there somewhere ... But seriously:
Questions
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Although this is probably only a Samba problem, it might be really helpful to know what distro you are using -- how about adding it to your profile?
Similarly what version of Samba are you using? I will assume 3.
something.
Also, why not put your location in your profile? Sometimes it will illuminate differences in language or usage.
(Tongue in cheek -- no flames please -- I am fairly fluent in English, French, & Texan. Also, I understand Brit & Aussie...)
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Caveat/Warning/Disclaimer
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I am not (yet) a Samba expert, just trying to become one.
As with all advice in GNU/Linux: "If it breaks, you get to keep the pieces."
Background
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I am running SimplyMEPIS 3.3 on this box,
I did nothing special about Samba (3.0.10-1) during install,
I have made only 2 minor changes to my smb.conf,
I see my network/workgroup "whenever I type smb:/ into the url bar in konqueror" (just did so).
BTW, have you tried smclient or Smb4K? I am assuming you would have the same problems with them.
Suggestions
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Comparing my smb.conf to your samba.conf, the following ideas occur to me:
"workgroup = PANTHEON"
I assume that you have set the workgroup to "PANTHEON" in each of your networked Winders (tm
) boxen. Also, although I don't think it makes any difference, my workgroup name is in lower case.
("hosts allow = ...") -- missing
I don't know if this line is necessary, but mine is:
hosts allow = 127. 192.168.
nnn.
where
nnn is my chosen "Class C" subnet number, and "127." enables loopback.
Again, I assume that all your boxen are on the same subnet & have assigned IP's, either fixed or through dhcp.
"security = user"
I doubt this is the problem, but you might try "security = share" temporarily.
"wins support = yes"
Another thing to disable during debugging.
"local master = yes"
"os level = 99"
"domain master = yes"
"preferred master = yes"
These imply you are running a
Domain not just a
workgroup. Is this true? If not change these 4 to:
"domain master = no"
"preferred master = no"
permanently. If you do want a domain (& Active Directory) then maybe a temporary change would help.
Not a s[a]mb[a].conf issue, & I am not even sure I even remember correctly; but I believe I read that if there are no shares enabled on any of your Winders(tm
) boxen, then the workgroup will be invisible.
Addition Info
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In case it's helpful, here's my smb.conf:
Code:
;*******************section global*****************
[global]
# Do something sensible when Samba crashes: mail the admin a backtrace
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
printing = cups
workgroup = ________
server string = %h server (Samba %v)
#hosts allow = 192.168.0. 192.168.1. 192.168.2. 127.
hosts allow = 127. 192.168.___.
socket options = IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY SO_SNDBUF=4096 SO_RCVBUF=4096
passdb backend = tdbsam guest
dns proxy = no
max log size = 1000
security = share
restrict anonymous = no
domain master = no
preferred master = no
max protocol = NT
ldap ssl = No
server signing = Auto
Copied & pasted verbatim, except "_"'s are substituted for personal info, & the share sectons are omitted.
Closing
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Hope this helps, please be sure to post your outcome.
