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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am introducing a new samba server to our
network. It is running on rhat 7.2. It is version 2.2.1a. I
have a second samba server that I am adding. It is also running redhat
7.2, but I have upgraded it to version 2.2.5. My intent is to replace an
older samba server on the network. It is running redhat 6.2 and samba
version 2.06.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Every client on our LAN and through
our WAN is able to connect to the 6.2 based server. Only
Windows2k clients are able to connect to the two 7.2 based servers. No
win98 clients on our lan, and no clients through our WAN are able to connect to
the 7.2 servers. The WIN2K clients are only able to connect by
mapping a network drive and using the samba server's ip address. No
client can connect by browsing the network neigborhood here on our LAN.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The W2K boxes yield this error when attempting to
connect though the network neigborhood:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="file://\\SERVER">\\SERVER</A> is not
accessible. The network path was not found</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The win98 clients yield this error when attempting
to connect though the network neigborhood or as a network drive with the ip
address:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The computer or sharename could not be found.
Make sure you typed it correctly, and try again.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My WAN win98 clients yield this error when
attempting to connect as a network drive with the ip address:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The computer or sharename could not be found.
Make sure you typed it correctly, and try again</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So, it seems that something is happening with the
name resolution of the samba servers. Something is also happening with the
routing of my samba server's ip address. I thought that perhaps there was
some mapping table that I should comply with, so, I shut down the 6.2 server and
imported its smb.conf into one of the 7.2 boxes. Eliminating all variables
but the os and samba version, I got the same errors. Research led me to
consider the MACHINE.SID in my samba directory. Copying it from the 6.2 to
the 7.2 server left me with the same results. So, I could not trick my
clients into thinking that the new server was the old server.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I can change the netbios name and server string on
the old 6.2 server, and every client is able to connect to it. I can
change the server string and netbios name on the 7.2 servers, and while every
client can see the changes by browsing the network neighborhood, all get the
aforementioned errors.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have made sure that only one samba server is a
WINS server. I have allowed only one of the servers to be master
browser. I have changed all of these variables an insane number of
times. I changed the os preference to 0 which should force my master
browser to win the election against other master browsers on the network (win2k
boxes). Reading /var/log/nmbd has revealed all the struggles in the
network as different servers become master browser. In spite of all this,
the original 6.2 samba server has performed flawlessly. I have added the
samba server's ip address to each of the linux boxes' /etc/hosts file, and I
have added the sambaserver addresses to my win2k boxes' lmhosts files.
Same aforementioned errors.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What is frustrating is that I have had rhat 7.2
samba servers on my network the last half year that did not cause me ANY of this
trouble. Perhaps they had a different stable version of samba at that
time. I am getting desperate for logic. I am starting to believe
that one of win2k boxes has a service pack or patch which has "broken" my samba
server. In my paranoid logic, I am explaining the continued performance of
my 6.2 box on the fact that it is such an early version that Microsoft did not
write a break for it. I said that I was getting desperate for
logic.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Basically, I cannot resolve any names at the
network neigborhood level. No one can connect to the 7.2 samba servers by
<A href="file://\\servername\sharename">\\servername\sharename</A>. Only
win2k boxes can connect by mapping a network drive to <A
href="file://\\serveripaddress\sharename">\\serveripaddress\sharename</A>.
I have change the ip address of the 6.2 sambaserver, but, as long as
it has its old netbios name, everyone can connect to it by <A
href="file://\\servername\sharename">\\servername\sharename</A>. NO matter
how many times I change the ip address. If I shut down the 6.2
sambaserver and give one of the 7.2's its netbios name, I still get
the same errors as above. Even with its machine.sid.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If any of you have any insights, I would adore
them. I am doing something wrong, but, I just can't figure it out. I
have become used to getting </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>"incorrect password
for user X" due to smbpasswd or encryption type settings. I have never
been so spanked at this most perplexing network level. Please let me know
if my smb.conf files or anything else would be of use. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>graciously,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>scott</FONT></DIV>
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