WINS server is on a different subnet.
As to the netbios name, the smb.conf file has a line that reads: include =
/etc/samba/smb.conf.%L
I will add a name and see how that works tomorrow.
Craig White wrote:
>
> add a netbios name
>
> do you have a wins server on the local subnet? The WINS server that you
> reference is on a different subnet.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > About a year ago, I set up samba to run on a Linux box here at
> > work. Everything was
> > working fine, i.e. others could see the shares on the server and
> > get data from them.
> > My /var/log/samba directory had approx. 1000 entries in it. Over
> > the last day
> > approx. 5 machines can see the box.
> >
> > The windows NT 4.0 boxes can get their information from the WINS
> > server correctly and
> > can see the other machines on the local net, but not the samba box.
> >
> > The current theory is that the name is not getting registered
> > with the WINS server.
> >
> > Stephen Smith
>
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