Derek Fountain wrote:
This is true, but my SuSE-6.1 box has the netbios name exported, as does my SuSE-6.3 box. The config files are pretty much identical. Works fine on 6.3, not on 6.1. There must be a problem with Samba on 6.1, or a problem I put in my hand rolled kernel on the 6.1 box. I thought it was a bit odd, but it seems someone else has the same problem.
Have you checked to see if the dummy network device is active with 'ifconfig'? SuSE may well have turned off dummy network device by default in SuSE 6.3, but it certainly wasn't off by default in 6.1. See my post earlier for details...
it's the netbios export that makes it visible - MS networking relies on NetBios (aka netBEUI) regardless of the TCP/IP transport. Without a valid netbios name export there's nothing for Network Neighborhood to see. Doing a "net use" to connect to a samba box keeps the machine alive in the browser.
On Monday, March 13, 2000 8:25 AM, Derek Fountain [SMTP:fountai@hursley.ibm.com] wrote:
I have exactly the same problem with one of my servers. One machine is 6.1 based with a hand rolled 2.2.12 kernel, and that doesn't show up in Network Neighbourhood. The other is 6.3 based, with the stock SuSE kernel and that does show up. Both use the same config file (with the odd very slight tweak such as netbios name, etc).
I can still map a network drive from the 6.1 machine by naming it explictly, and that's all I needed, so I stopped worrying about it. Still a bit odd though.
The really annoying thing is that I saw the solution to this some time ago, thought "Oh, that's the problem!", then forgot both what the soultion was and where I saw it! I seem to remember that you needed something compiled into the kernel.
James Smith wrote:
I'm trying to set up samba on Suse 6.1 to enanble file/print sharing with my Windows based PC. I have set up all the shares as necessary and set all permissions and any administrative options correctly for my set up according to their suggestions. However, My Windows machine will not find my Linux machine in Network neighbourhood, or by using find computer. I was able to set up my printer, however, and get it to print out. Any suggestions?
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