[ubuntu-us-mn] Loaded Ubuntu and Samba and cannot see Samba domain

[Brandon Buckley]

Not necessarily, IIRC Samba controls the name resolution through nmbd and  
XP should have NetBIOS enabled by default so they should see each other  
(although it might take a few minutes).


On Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:27:16 -0600, Eric Honaker  
<songwindapogee at dragonseptarts.com> wrote:

> You need some sort of DNS or WINS server, or the client machines will  
> have
> no way to know where the server is.
>
> Does it give you a folder list if you put this in the address bar of your
> file browser:  smb://192.168.0.77/ ?
>
> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 9:29 PM, Brian D <bkd1958 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> I loaded Ubuntu 9.1 and Samba but I am unable to see my server.
>> I understand that the smb.conf file is a big part of this. But my main
>> question is if I need the Ubuntu server to be running DHCP or DNS or  
>> WINS?
>> My config is as follows:
>> I have a firewall on the perimeter of my I/N. That device is a DHCP
>> router.  It is
>> 192.168.0.1.
>> My Windows PC's are on 192.168.0.3 and 192.168.0.4.
>> The Ubuntu server IP has been set to static 192.168.0.77.
>> My workgroup = HOME in the smb.conf file.
>> Is there anything special that I must do in the Windows XP machine other
>> than browse for the server?
>> I tried joining the domain named HOME from Windows and I get a message
>> saying "a domain controller for the domain home could not be contacted".
>> There is more to the message also.
>> Could my firewall be the culprit? I do not see anything in the log  
>> files.
>>
>>
>>
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