From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 26 8:30: 8 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AC4437B401 for ; Sat, 26 Oct 2002 08:30:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.thundernet.cz (mail.thundernet.cz [62.77.87.114]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D15BC43E65 for ; Sat, 26 Oct 2002 08:30:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from neuhauser@bellavista.cz) Received: (qmail 28607 invoked from network); 26 Oct 2002 15:30:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO freepuppy.bellavista.cz) (62.168.44.50) by mail.thundernet.cz with SMTP; 26 Oct 2002 15:30:02 -0000 Received: by freepuppy.bellavista.cz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 733DB2FDAB2; Sat, 26 Oct 2002 17:30:01 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 17:30:01 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser To: sroberts@dsl.pipex.com Cc: Andrew Boothman , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: samba PDC for WIN2K clients? Message-ID: <20021026153001.GG265@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Mail-Followup-To: sroberts@dsl.pipex.com, Andrew Boothman , FreeBSD Questions References: <1035155219.539.2.camel@Demon.vickiandstacey.com> <3DB35946.4070908@cream.org> <1035644458.382.38.camel@Demon.vickiandstacey.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1035644458.382.38.camel@Demon.vickiandstacey.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG # stacey@Demon.vickiandstacey.com / 2002-10-26 16:00:57 +0100: > I've been working my way through the smaba recommended "DIAGNOSTICS.TXT" > procedures, and find that I am able to successfully complete all > except:- > > Test 8 - On the PC type the command "net view \\BIGSERVER". > Here the only way this works is if I use the IP Addr of the samba server > instead of its name (FQDN or not). the name has nothing to do with DNS, so qualifying it won't do you any good. any router or switch between the two boxes? if so, they won't see each other *unless* you enable "transport netbios over tcp/ip" in the windows network control panel. beware of the security implications. -- If you cc me or take the list(s) out completely I'll most likely ignore your message. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message