Also, try to run Ethereal (www.ethereal.org) with the filter "nbns || smb"
and see if the samba server is broadcasting the right packets.
Umm, You could try "remote browser = <subnet of pdc>" making sure the PDC
and workstations are in the same subnet and not across a router.
Message
From: Anthony Messina [mailto:amessina (AT) messinet (DOT) com]
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 7:00 AM
To: Stephen Bosch
Cc: samba (AT) lists (DOT) samba.org
Subject: Re: [Samba] Samba 3.0.14 - very puzzling domain browsing problems
Stephen Bosch wrote:
Anthony Messina wrote:

>>something simple, perhaps too simple
>>
>>this once happened to me and i realized it was that the workgroup name
>>that i had specified in samba was not the same as the one in windows,
>>or that i had not joined the proper domain.
>>
>>or
>>
>>is your windows computer set up to use the right wins server?
Alas, I wish it were this simple.
The domain in question is definitely consistent between workstations
and the PDC -- as I noted in a previous post, if the S level is set
to 0 and the domain, preferred and local master are set to "no", one
of the Windows machines becomes the domain master browser and suddenly
workstations appear in the browse list.
I'm determined to find the cause of this problem, whatever it takes.
I've followed the Samba how-to and everything should be working, but
obviously I'm missing something somewhere
Here's my smb.conf:
# GLBAL PARAMETERS
[global]
# NTE: change these parameters to suit your business workgroup =
HEDLIN-LAUDER netbios name = PDC passdb backend =
ldap admin dn = cn=samba,ou=dsa,dc=hedlinlauder,dc=com
ldap suffix = dc=hedlinlauder,dc=com
# interface list should be specified for machines with 1 interface
;interfaces = <IP1>,<IP2>,
# NTE: You should not have to change any of the other
GLBAL PARAMETERS
# beyond this point, as long as you are building a PDC without WINS
# using cups for printing. You may need to change the SHARE
DEFINITINS
# (see below) however.
server string = Samba Server %v
domain logons = yes
os level = 65
domain master = yes
preferred master = yes
local master = yes
wins support = yes
time server = yes
name resolve order = wins bcast lmhosts
logon script = %U.bat
logon drive = H:
logon path = \\%L\Profiles\%U
;logon home = \\%L\%U\.profile
# ldap configuration
ldap group suffix = ou=Group
ldap user suffix = ou=People
ldap machine suffix = ou=Hosts
ldap idmap suffix = ou=Idmap
ldap ssl = start_tls
ldap delete dn = yes
add user script = /usr/sbin/smbldap-useradd -a -m "%u"
delete user script = /usr/sbin/smbldap-userdel "%u"
add machine script = /usr/sbin/smbldap-useradd -w "%u"
add group script = /usr/sbin/smbldap-groupadd -p "%g"
delete group script = /usr/sbin/smbldap-groupdel "%g"
add user to group script = /usr/sbin/smbldap-groupmod -m "%u" "%g"
delete user from group script = /usr/sbin/smbldap-groupmod -x "%u" "%g"
set primary group script = /usr/sbin/smbldap-usermod -g "%g" "%u"
# printers configuration
printer admin = @"Print "
load printers = yes
create mask = 0640
directory mask = 0750
printing = cups
printcap name = cups
deadtime = 10
# other
guest account = nobody
map to guest = Bad User
show add printer wizard = yes
preserve case = yes
short preserve case = yes
case sensitive = no
enable privileges = yes
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
security = user
encrypt passwords = yes
obey pam restrictions = no
ldap passwd sync = yes
log level = 2
syslog = 0
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 5000
socket options = TCP_NDELAY SRCVBUF=8192 SSNDBUF=8192 Dos charset
= 850 Unix charset = IS
-Stephen-
your smb.conf seems correct, and from what i'm understanding, if a windows
computer wins the election to be a master broswer, then workstations will
appear, if the pdc is the master browser, no workstations appear. is that
correct?
if that is the case, it really sounds like a case of either a misconfigured
wins server or a problem with wins itself.
do your nmbd.logs give you any clue as to what might be wrong?
another thouhgt what interfaces do you have on the system?
could you try specifying "interfaces = lo eth0" (substitute eth* for
whatever your lan interface is). and double check your windows clients wins
server address to make sure it matches your pdc lan address.
-a