Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 09:04:51 +0100 (MET) From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> To: jbrann@panix.com (John Brann) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Samba setup help required Message-ID: <199601220804.JAA13523@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> In-Reply-To: <199601211825.NAA00296@jbrann.dialup.access.net> from "John Brann" at Jan 21, 96 01:25:50 pm
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> > #ifdef DUMBASS_ATTACK > > John Brann wrote... > > > > Hi, > > > > (Please note I am also posting this to comp.protocols.smb) > > > > I have 2 PC's... > > et cetera > > > > I'm stumped. I've tried a number of variations on the commands above, > > with the same results each time. Sorry to be so long-winded, but I've tried > > to give a fairly full picture of my problem. > > > > TIA > > > > John > #endif > > Er, I'm embarrassed to say I found the examples. > > I now have a disk share working OK, though it requires some command-line > arm-twisting for nmbd to believe that it's on the ethernet (with bogus IP > addresses) as opposed to the PPP link. > > I do still have the following message appearing in the log.nmb file: > > Failed to find a master browser for FREEBIE using 10.255.255.255 > > 'FREEBIE' is the LAN Manager domain (and workgroup) name. the 10.*.*.* > network is my bogus ethernet. The result is that when my Win95 PC attempts > to log on there is a pause followed by a warning that I may not be able to > access some network resources. Despite (?) this, my password is checked > properly. > > How do I convince nmbd that it IS the master browser? I may be wrong since I didn't look into the samba list for a while but I doubt samba supports acting as a master browser. This is left to NT servers or NT workstations. Don't know about Win95, if they can be master browser. > > John > > -- > Difficult conversations with great figures of history: > 3. Winston Churchill: > "Excuse me, this is the no-smoking section." > --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de
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