Re: [TCLUG:10576] Samba nmbd problem

[Clay Fandre <cfandre@maddog.mn-linux.org>]

Try setting your NT domain name in your smb.conf file. (Just a guess)

# Global parameters
workgroup = YOURDOMAINNAME

Phil Plumbo wrote:
> 
> Someone just mentioned how simple Samba was to set up. I'm afraid my mileage
> has varied. Could someone give me a hand with my first Samba server setup?
> I can configure Samba on TUXBOX just fine from a remote machine using swat,
> but can't make nmbd happy.
> 
> My WINS server (an NT Server) is on 10.0.0.2, TUXBOX on 10.0.0.12.  nmbd is
> complaining of inavalid arguments. Here's an excerpt from the log.nmb:
> 
>    [1999/11/29 10:18:47, 1] nmbd/nmbd.c:main(684)
>      Netbios nameserver version 2.0.5a started.
>      Copyright Andrew Tridgell 1994-1998
>    [1999/11/29 10:18:47, 0] libsmb/nmblib.c:send_udp(754)
>      Packet send failed to 10.0.0.2(137) ERRNO=Invalid argument
>    [1999/11/29 10:18:47, 0] nmbd/nmbd_packets.c:send_netbios_packet(170)
>      send_netbios_packet: send_packet() to IP 10.0.0.2 port 137 failed
>    [1999/11/29 10:18:47, 0] nmbd/nmbd_nameregister.c:register_name(362)
>      register_name: Failed to send packet trying to register name TUXBOX<20>
> 
> I can ping 10.0.0.2 from TUXBOX ok, and vice-versa. TUXBOX was just built
> from scratch last week using a 6.1 RedHat distro CD.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Phil Plumbo
> Printware
> 
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Clay Fandre
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