[ale] SAMBA problem solved! New problem . . .

[ChangingLINKS.com]

I agree. The Win boxes are gonna drop anyway. Well, I tried the solution of 
adding the os level line, and it did not work. I tried setting it to 65 and I 
tried setting it to 1. 
Restarting SAMBA does not work. I stopped samba and the Win box still could 
not see itself or browse the network. It seems as though the Linux server has 
"jammed" the Win machines (not my other Linux box) from the network.

The ONLY way to get it working is to physically disconnect the Lin Samba 
Server from the network! The other Linux box does not run Samba, and does not 
create a problem at all.

Anyone seen this problem?

Drew

On Sunday 15 December 2002 14:46, you wrote:
> ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
> > I was having a problem getting all of the Windows machines the ability to
> > write to a shared directory. The solution was to add the line "[homes] "
> > Without that line, Samba was not completely authorizing the users to
> > write, but did allow the users to read.
> >
> > The next problem is that is seems as though I must start Win before Lin.
> >
> > 1. I turn on the Win boxes. I turn on the Linux Samba server. Everything
> > works right.
> >
> > 2. I turn OFF the Win boxes. I turn the Win boxes on. (The Linux server
> > stays up)  The Win boxes CANNOT see each other and cannot see the server.
> >
> > 3. To fix the problem, I must shut down the Linux box, start the Windows
> > machines (which see each other again) and then start the server.
> >
> > One would think that it would be common for Win boxes to be shutdown and
> > turned on around a Lin server. Does anyone else have this problem? Is
> > there a solution that will allow me to drop my Win boxes without losing
> > network connectivity?
>
> I think it's just a matter of time for the windows boxes, but rather
> then have to shutdown the Linux box, stopping/starting samba should be
> sufficient.  Generally that would be something like:
>
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb restart
>
> This may vary from distro to distro.
>
> > Drew
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