I am having the same issue with a new RH9.0 install. I have followed your thread up to the response 9. When I enter the address of my linux/samba server into the address bar, I get a message back that say the address is not found. I too can ping the linux box but am unable to see it in the network neighborhood or to find it using a search for computer. I think my SMBD module is running correctly but I am not sure about the NMBD. Care to pursue this issue further? Thanks Rick

Can you post your smb.conf file? Also, did you try running smbd -D and nmbd -D? Thats what i usually do to run the daemons..not sure if that will help any.

make sure ur samba is running # service smb status

Ok here is where I am at with this. SMBD and NMBD are both running. If I use the smbclient command I will get a response back indicating the smb is running properly. When I try the command: " nmblookup -B linuxsrv1 _SAMBA_" I get a response that lookis like: [root@linux1 samba]# nmblookup -B linuxsrv1 _SAMBA_ querying _SAMBA_ on 0.0.0.0 name_query failed to find name _SAMBA_ [root@linux1 samba]# I am not sure what this is telling me though I am suspious of the 0.0.0.0 address. My smb.comf looks like this: # This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the # smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed # here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options (perhaps too # many!) most of which are not shown in this example # # Any line which starts with a ; (semi-colon) or a # (hash) # is a comment and is ignored. In this example we will use a # # for commentry and a ; for parts of the config file that you # may wish to enable # # NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command "testparm" # to check that you have not made any basic syntactic errors. # #======================= Global Settings ===================================== [global] # workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name netbios name = linuxsrv1 netbios aliases = bigsamba # server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field server string = linux1 smb server # This option is important for security. It allows you to restrict # connections to machines which are on your local network. The # following example restricts access to two C class networks and # the "loopback" interface. For more examples of the syntax see # the smb.conf man page ; hosts allow = 192.168.0. 192.168.1. 127. # if you want to automatically load your printer list rather # than setting them up individually then you'll need this ; printcap name = /etc/printcap ; load printers = yes # It should not be necessary to spell out the print system type unless # yours is non-standard. Currently supported print systems include: # bsd, sysv, plp, lprng, aix, hpux, qnx, cups ; printing = cups # Uncomment this if you want a guest account, you must add this to /etc/passwd # otherwise the user "nobody" is used ; guest account = pcguest # this tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine # that connects log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log # Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb). max log size = 0 # Security mode. Most people will want user level security. See # security_level.txt for details. security = SHARE # Use password server option only with security = serverHard Disc # The argument list may include: # password server = My_PDC_Name [My_BDC_Name] [My_Next_BDC_Name] # or to auto-locate the domain controller/s # password server = * ; password server = <NT-Server-Name> # Password Level allows matching of _n_ characters of the password for # all combinations of upper and lower case. ; password level = 8 ; username level = 8 # You may wish to use password encryption. Please read # ENCRYPTION.txt, Win95.txt and WinNT.txt in the Samba documentation. # Do not enable this option unless you have read those documents encrypt passwords = yes smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd # The following is needed to keep smbclient from spouting spurious errors # when Samba is built with support for SSL. ; ssl CA certFile = /usr/share/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt # The following are needed to allow password changing from Windows to # update the Linux system password also. # NOTE: Use these with 'encrypt passwords' and 'smb passwd file' above. # NOTE2: You do NOT need these to allow workstations to change only # the encrypted SMB passwords. They allow the Unix password # to be kept in sync with the SMB password. unix password sync = Yes passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully* # You can use PAM's password change control flag for Samba. If # enabled, then PAM will be used for password changes when requested # by an SMB client instead of the program listed in passwd program. # It should be possible to enable this without changing your passwd # chat parameter for most setups. pam password change = yes # Unix users can map to different SMB User names ; username map = /etc/samba/smbusersHard Disc # Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration # on a per machine basis. The %m gets replaced with the netbios name # of the machine that is connecting ; include = /etc/samba/smb.conf.%m # This parameter will control whether or not Samba should obey PAM'sHarHard Discd Disc # account and session management directives. The default behavior is # to use PAM for clear text authentication only and to ignore any # account or session management. Note that Samba always ignores PAM # for authentication in the case of encrypt passwords = yes ; obey pam restrictions = yes Hard Disc # Most people will find that this option gives better performance. # See speed.txt and the manual pages for details socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 # Configure Samba to use multiple interfaces # If you have multiple network interfaces then you must list them # here. See the man page for details. ; interfaces = 192.168.12.2/24 192.168.13.2/24 ; interfaces = 192.168.0.6/24 # Configure remote browse list synchronisation here # request announcement to, or browse list sync from: # a specific host or from / to a whole subnet (see below) ; remote browse sync = 192.168.3.25 192.168.5.255 # Cause this host to announce itself to local subnets here ; remote announce = 192.168.1.255 192.168.2.44 # Browser Control Options: # set local master to no if you don't want Samba to become a master # browser on your network. Otherwise the normal election rules apply ; local master = no # OS Level determines the precedence of this server in master browser # elections. The default value should be reasonable ; os level = 33 # Domain Master specifies Samba to be the Domain Master Browser. This # allows Samba to collate browse lists between subnets. Don't use this # if you already have a Windows NT domain controller doing this job ; domain master = yes # Preferred Master causes Samba to force a local browser election on startup # and gives it a slightly higher chance of winning the election ; preferred master = yes # Enable this if you want Samba to be a domain logon server for # Windows95 workstations. ; domain logons = yes # if you enable domain logons then you may want a per-machine or # per user logon script # run a specific logon batch file per workstation (machine) ; logon script = %m.bat # run a specific logon batch file per username ; logon script = %U.bat # Where to store roving profiles (only for Win95 and WinNT) # %L substitutes for this servers netbios name, %U is username # You must uncomment the [Profiles] share below ; logon path = \\%L\Profiles\%U # Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section: # WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable it's WINS Server ; wins support = yes # WINS Server - Tells the NMBD components of Samba to be a WINS Client # Note: Samba can be either a WINS Server, or a WINS Client, but NOT both wins server = 192.168.0.26 # WINS Proxy - Tells Samba to answer name resolution queries on # behalf of a non WINS capable client, for this to work there must be # at least one WINS Server on the network. The default is NO. ; wins proxy = yes # DNS Proxy - tells Samba whether or not to try to resolve NetBIOS names # via DNS nslookups. The built-in default for versions 1.9.17 is yes, # this has been changed in version 1.9.18 to no. guest ok = yes guest account = rjh dns proxy = no # Case Preservation can be handy - system default is _no_ # NOTE: These can be set on a per share basis ; preserve case = no ; short preserve case = no # Default case is normally upper case for all DOS files ; default case = lower # Be very careful with case sensitivity - it can break things! ; case sensitive = no #============================ Share Definitions ============================== [homes] comment = Home Directories browseable = no writeable = yes valid users = %S create mode = 0664 directory mode = 0775 # If you want users samba doesn't recognize to be mapped to a guest user ; map to guest = bad user # Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain Logons ; [netlogon] ; comment = Network Logon Service ; path = /usr/local/samba/lib/netlogon ; guest ok = yes ; writable = no ; share modes = no # Un-comment the following to provide a specific roving profile share # the default is to use the user's home directory ;[Profiles] ; path = /usr/local/samba/profiles ; browseable = no ; guest ok = yes # NOTE: If you have a BSD-style print system there is no need to # specifically define each individual printer [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba browseable = no # Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print printable = yes # This one is useful for people to share files ;[tmp] ; comment = Temporary file space ; path = /tmp ; read only = no ; public = yes # A publicly accessible directory, but read only, except for people in # the "staff" group ;[public] ; comment = Public Stuff ; path = /home/samba ; public = yes ; writable = yes ; printable = no ; write list = @staff # Other examples. # # A private printer, usable only by fred. Spool data will be placed in fred's # home directory. Note that fred must have write access to the spool directory, # wherever it is. ;[fredsprn] ; comment = Fred's Printer ; valid users = fred ; path = /home/fred ; printer = freds_printer ; public = no ; writable = no ; printable = yes # A private directory, usable only by fred. Note that fred requires write # access to the directory. ;[fredsdir] ; comment = Fred's Service ; path = /usr/somewhere/private ; valid users = fred ; public = no ; writable = yes ; printable = no # a service which has a different directory for each machine that connects # this allows you to tailor configurations to incoming machines. You could # also use the %U option to tailor it by user name. # The %m gets replaced with the machine name that is connecting. ;[pchome] ; comment = PC Directories ; path = /usr/local/pc/%m ; public = no ; writable = yes # A publicly accessible directory, read/write to all users. Note that all files # created in the directory by users will be owned by the default user, so # any user with access can delete any other user's files. Obviously this # directory must be writable by the default user. Another user could of course # be specified, in which case all files would be owned by that user instead. ;[public] ; path = /usr/somewhere/else/public ; public = yes ; only guest = yes ; writable = yes ; printable = no # The following two entries demonstrate how to share a directory so that two # users can place files there that will be owned by the specific users. In this # setup, the directory should be writable by both users and should have the # sticky bit set on it to prevent abuse. Obviously this could be extended to # as many users as required. ;[myshare] ; comment = Mary's and Fred's stuff ; path = /usr/somewhere/shared ; valid users = mary fred ; public = no ; writable = yes ; printable = no ; create mask = 0765 [vol1] comment = 4Gig volume path = /mnt/vol1 writeable = yes guest ok = yes [vol2] comment = 9 Gig Volume path = /mnt/vol2 writeable = yes guest ok = yes Thanks for you help Rick

Uncomment (remove the "#") from: # workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name and put in the name of your workgroup so it reads: workgroup = MYGROUP Restart samba ("service smb restart" or "/etc/init.d/smbd restart") and you should be OK...

OK, From the server side, It looks like the amba server is running correctly. However, I still am not able to see the linux box from my windows XP workstation or from another linux work station. I have set the workgroup parameter as was suggested but still no joy. any more suggestions? Rick

Further info: When I try to connect to the samba server from my linux workstation using the commant: smbclient -Lbigsamba I get a reply that says: "[rjh@linuxws1 rjh]$ smbclient -Lbigsamba added interface ip=192.168.0.155 bcast=192.168.0.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 Connection to bigsamba failed " If I use a conmmand like: smbclient -L192.168.0.6 I get the following reply: [rjh@linuxws1 rjh]$ smbclient -L192.168.0.6 added interface ip=192.168.0.155 bcast=192.168.0.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 error connecting to 192.168.0.6:139 (Connection refused) Error connecting to 192.168.0.6 (Connection refused) Connection to 192.168.0.6 failed my smb.log file isn't showing me anything either.