[HPADM] Mapping Samba Share to XP

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Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 09:51:36 -0500
To: "Edward" <ed1901@hotmail.com>, "'Hpux-Admin (E-mail)" <hpux-admin@dutchworks.nl>, "UNIX-WIZ (E-mail)" <LISTSERV@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU>

Thanks for responding. I was able to perform the nmblookup commands. However, I am still receiving the message:

The mapped network drive could not be created because the following error has occurred:

The specified network name is no longer available.

I am not sure what to do at this point, I have looked at the samba docs and nothing really describes this error message, so any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Dan
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Hello Dan,

It may be that the Samba server could not announce itself to the Windows
network or workgroup (Microsoft networks often use WINS or NetBIOS). By its
nature, every Windows client must join the same Workgroup or Domain that the
server does.
I've had a similar situation where a Samba server was up and running just
fine, except that Windows users could not see the server on the network. My
workaround was to use a different broadcast address.

First make sure your server is at least trying to announce itself properly:
Check the smb.conf file for 'workgroup = <workgroup name>' , 'netbios name =
<servername>' and 'remote announce = ...' and make sure they are correct. If
not, corret them and restart the Samba service.

Try the following statement on your Samba server:
   nmblookup -A 127.0.0.1

Is your system listed? Good, Samba is up. Now try
   nmblookup `hostname`

Do you get 'name_query failed to find name'? OK, then try
   nmblookup -B 255.255.255.255 `hostname`

If your server is listed now, you have the same issue as I had.

If this doesn't solve your problem, a good starting point is the Samba
mailinglist archive at http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=samba

Best regards,
Edward

----- Original Message -----
From: "COUNTERMAN, DANIEL (CONTRACTOR)" <DANIEL.COUNTERMAN@DFAS.MIL>
To: "'Hpux-Admin (E-mail)" <hpux-admin@dutchworks.nl>
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 20:12
Subject: [HPADM] Mapping Samba Server to XP

All,

I received the following message trying to connect to a Samba share on a
Windows XP client (attached in document). Is there anything I need to check
as far as the Windows services or what I am doing wrong? I was able to
connect to the Samba share using InterDrive NFS Client, however, the client
does not want this software loaded, they want to use standard Window
services, so any suggestions would be appreciated?

 <<Doc1.zip>>

Thanks,

Dan
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Daniel T. Counterman
Systems Engineer (EDS)
Vendor Pay EDM

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