Samba server not working after upgrade

[dhfx]

Re: Samba server not working after upgrade

I think I'm having the same problem with Hardy. Win98 and WinXP machines on my network can see my Kubuntu share, but Hardy box can't see shares on the Win boxes. Here are the active defs from my smb.conf according to the testparm utility:

[global]
workgroup = HOMENET
server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)
interfaces = eth0, localhost
map to guest = Bad User
syslog = 0
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
name resolve order = lmhosts host bcast
printcap name = cups
dns proxy = No
usershare allow guests = Yes
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
host msdfs = No
invalid users = root

[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
create mask = 0700
guest ok = Yes
printable = Yes
browseable = No

[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /etc/samba/drivers
write list = root

[DATASHARE]
path = /datashare
read only = No
guest ok = Yes

I added the line "host msdfs = No" according to a suggested workaround for Bug #95452 in kdenetwork, but it didn't help. Anyone have any further suggestions?

[dhfx]

Re: Samba server not working after upgrade

Update to the preceding post:

Using smbclient I can see and "get" the shared files on the WinXP machine. No username needed to connect, and when it asks for a password I just hit Enter. So it looks like the problem may be KDE-related.

[dhfx]

Re: Samba server not working after upgrade

Second update: SOLVED

I neglected to mention in the preceding post that to get smbclient to work I had to append the IP address with the -I option. OK, so maybe the problem is in converting NetBIOS names to IP addresses. This is what the lmhosts file is for (see the man page). Added lmhosts file in /etc/samba (where smb.conf lives) and restarted Samba just to be sure, and then it took a few tries before the information propagated and I could see the shares on the WinXP box in Dolphin opened from the "Remote Places" menu entry.

Only restriction is that to use lmhosts you need to have static IP addresses defined.

[Troberg]

Re: Samba server not working after upgrade

Although it's the opposite of the problem I had (I had problems with Kubuntu as the server), I had that problem as well. Install the Winbind package and add winbind to the name resolution (I don't remember where that was and am at the wrong machine, but some googling will find it for you) and it will work, even with dynamic IP.