> -----Original Message----- > From: psyche-list-admin@redhat.com > [mailto:psyche-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of Kevin Worthington > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 2:58 PM > To: psyche-list@redhat.com > Subject: Re: netbios name resolution with samba > > > > Is the server running? Have you checked the Samba > > logs for error messages? Can you access the server > > with nmblookup and smbclient? > > Yes, the server is running, and I can map it as a drive > letter (U:\ on my system), > but to map it I need to explicitly type in "\\testbox" in > the explorer's location bar to see it. > It doesn't show up with all the other Win workstations and > samba servers in the net-hood. > nmblookup works fine: > [root@testbox root]# nmblookup testbox > querying testbox on 192.168.2.255 > 192.168.2.42 testbox<00> > [root@testbox root]# > > I'm not quite sure how to test with smbclient... > > Any other ideas or suggestions? I appreciate the help... > Kev > Any chance that you have more than one wins server? Maybe there's a battle for master browser or pdc going on behind the scenes? Do you have a Linux username/password pair and an exactly matching Samba username/password pair on the box? I believe I remember seeing that behavior when the 2 don't match. Reboot the windows box after the samba server has been up for at least an hour. Just some ideas... Jim
