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J. Bakshi [j.bakshi at unlimitedmail.org]
Hello list,
I have configured a samba server which is a standalone file and printer sharing samba. I have no problem to use it from Linux. but strange problem from WinXP box. First of all the XP machine wait long to reach the share and though a mapdrive is possible to create for the share; it is immediately Disconnected after a reboot of the XP. More over a connected mapdrive lost its share path after approx 2 hrs. I am really very confused to see these strange problem in XP box.
Here is my config file I am using for samba ( collected from an online doc )
##################### [global] local master = no admin users = adminsam unix password sync = yes force create mode =0774 utmp = no smb ports = 139 domain logons = no domain master = yes os level = 55 passwd program = /usr/sbin/userpasswd %u passwd chat = password: %n\n password: %n\n successfully. netbios name = ClarkConnect workgroup = Enterprise server string = ClarkConnect bind interfaces only = yes interfaces = lo eth0 eth1 use client driver = yes printcap name = /etc/printcap load printers = yes security = user encrypt passwords = yes smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd force create mode =0777 force directory mode =0777 force user = apache deadtime = 10 #### modification, changing 2 to 1 to minimise log writing ### debug level = 1 syslog = false socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 dns proxy = no utmp = yes #keep alive = 10 #deadtime = 5 max xmit = 4096 oplocks = yes read raw = yes write raw = yes getwd cache = yes # WINS / VPN # ---------- wins support = yes wins server = # Authconfig adds these #---------------------- idmap uid = 16777216-33554431 idmap gid = 16777216-33554431 template shell = /bin/false winbind use default domain = no # PDC #---- add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g samba-clients -s /bin/false -M %u #======== Share Definitions ===== [printers] #printing = cups path = /tmp browseable = yes printable = yes public = yes guest ok = yes [shared] comment = Public Shared Folder path = /home/shared browseable = yes guest only = yes writable = yes public = yes #### for www folder with RW access ######## [WWW] comment = WWW path = /var/www/html browseable = yes guest only = no writable = yes public = no force create mode =0777 force directory mode =0777 force user = apache deadtime = 10 ####### end #######
Here is some test. the samba server IP is 192.168.1.41
nmblookup -A 192.168.1.41
Looking up status of 192.168.1.41
CLARKCONNECT <00> - H <ACTIVE>
CLARKCONNECT <03> - H <ACTIVE>
CLARKCONNECT <20> - H <ACTIVE>
ENTERPRISE <1b> - H <ACTIVE>
ENTERPRISE <1e> - <GROUP> H <ACTIVE>
ENTERPRISE <00> - <GROUP> H <ACTIVE>
MAC Address = 00-00-00-00-00-00
nmblookup -M -- -
querying MSBROWSE on 127.255.255.255
querying MSBROWSE on 192.168.1.255
querying MSBROWSE on 192.168.1.255
name_query failed to find name __MSBROWSE__#01
Now from a different linux client
smbclient -L 192.168.1.41 -U tiklu
Enter tiklu's password:
Domain=[CLARKCONNECT] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.28-1.1.cc]
Sharename Type Comment
--------- ---- -------
html Disk Flexshare -
prm Disk Flexshare -
realestate Disk Flexshare -
enews Disk Flexshare -
dum Disk Flexshare -
WWW Disk WWW
IPC$ IPC IPC Service (ClarkConnect)
pixma Printer pixma
Domain=[CLARKCONNECT] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.28-1.1.cc]
Server Comment
--------- -------
Workgroup Master
--------- -------
ENTERPRISE
testparm command has no error. What can I do in my smb.conf file to fix the problem ? Thanks
PS: Kindly CC to me