Re: Samba and DOS Client

"Billy Davis" <bdavis@xxxxxxxxxxxx> · Tue, 4 May 2004 10:34:02 -0400

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: 
  Thomas Fortner 
  To: Red Hat Support List 
  Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 6:53 AM
  Subject: RE: Samba and DOS Client

We have just installed Samba on RH 9 and it appeared
to 
  install properly.  When we attempt to login with:

  smbclient //myserver/myfolder
we get a successful connection.

We 
  also have a DOS client on the same network,
that is running 
  LanMan.   At the DOS prompt, when we 
enter 'net', a window 
  displays that has a 'browse' selection.
When we select 'browse', we see a 
  list of all users in the
workgroup, including the Samba server.  
  However, when
we select the Samba Server, we get this message:

Error 
  53: The computer name sepcified in the network
    path 
  cannot be located.

The Server can successfully ping the DOS client, and 
  the
DOS client can successfully ping the Server.  The Server
name 
  and IP address were added to the DOS 'lmhosts'
file, and the DOS client was 
  added to the Server /etc/hosts
file.

We have a disk share named 
  'hostpc' set up on the Server,
and the 'smbclient -L bigdog' command will 
  display the share.

On the DOS client, when we 
  enter:
    net use G: \\bigdog\hostpc

we get the same 
  error 53 message.

Attached is a copy of the smb.conf file.

Can 
  anyone tell us what we have missed in the 
  setup?

Thanks,
BillyD

Hi Billy,

The DOS client needs 
  an lmhosts file in the \LANMAN.DOS\NETWORK directory to find the server. This 
  is assuming you are using Lan Manager DOS client 3.0 or older (the 
  installation directory varies on the DOS client). The lmhosts file must be 
  located with the protocol.ini and system.ini files for it to be used by 
  LANMAN. Lan Manager can only use an lmhosts file or a WINS server to locate 
  Lan Manager hosts. 

It's been years since I worked with the DOS client 
  every day, but I think I got the directories correct. If you're working on a 
  LANMAN boot disk, you'll need to put the lmhosts file in 
  A:\NETWORK.

Tom

Thomas S. Fortner 

Burleson, Texas 
thomas.fortner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
"but we preach Christ crucified..."  1 
        Corinthians 1:23 

Tom,

        Thanks for the reply.  We are using 
        LanMan 2.1, and there is an lmhosts file in C:\NET, and it does contain 
        an entry for the Samba Server.  When I 'ping bigdog',
        (the Samba Server) from the DOS client, it 
        properly resolves and bigdog replies.  Is it possible that this is 
        a firewall issue?  I have done nothing to the firewall for 
        Samba.
        Our immediate problem is to replace an SCO 
        server that is networked to a DOS client that accumulates real time 
        data, 24/7.  Periodically, the SCO server reads all of
        the accumulated data from a shared 
        directory on the DOS client.  SCO is using AFPS (Advanced file 
        and print server) to communicate with the DOS client, and it 
        has
        worked well for years.  But 
        we wish to replace the SCO server with RH/Samba, and continue 
        to use the original DOS client.

        Just as a test, I clicked on 
        'My Network Places' on a WinXP Pro Workstation on the same network 
        with the DOS client.  I then clicked on 'View Workgroup 
        Computers'
        and the Samba Server displayed in the 
        group.  But, when I clicked on it, I got the following messsage 
        (after a long pause):

                \\Bigdog is not accessable.  You might 
        not have permission to use this network device.  Contact the 
        administrator of this server to see if you have access

        permissions.

                The 
        network path was not found.

        Everything sees everthing else, but I 
        cannot logon or share directories.

        BillyD 

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