!== !== GOTCHAS.txt for Samba release 2.2.0-alpha3 24 Mar 2001 !== This file lists Gotchas to watch out for: ========================================================================= Item Number: 1.0 Description: Problem Detecting Interfaces Symptom: Workstations do NOT see Samba server in Browse List OS: RedHat - Rembrandt Beta 2 Platform: Intel Date: August 16, 1996 Submitted By: John H Terpstra Details: By default RedHat Rembrandt-II during installation adds an entry to /etc/hosts as follows:- 127.0.0.1 loopback "hostname"."domainname" This causes Samba to loop back onto the loopback interface. The result is that Samba fails to communicate correctly with the world and therefor may fail to correctly negotiate who is the master browse list holder and who is the master browser. Corrective Action: Delete the entry after the word loopback in the line starting 127.0.0.1 ========================================================================= Item Number: 2.0 Description: Problems with MS Windows NT Server network logon service Symptom: Loss of Domain Logon Services and failed Windows NT / 95 logon attempts. OS: All Unix systems with Windows NT Domain Control environments. Platform: All Date: February 1, 1997 Submitted By: John H Terpstra Details: Samba is configured for Domain logon control in a network where a Windows NT Domain Primary Controller is running. Case 1: The Windows NT Server is shut down, then restarted. Then the Samba server is reconfigured so that it NO LONGER offers Domain logon services. Windows NT and 95 workstations can no longer log onto the domain. Ouch!!! Case 2: The Windows NT Server which is running the Network logon Service is shut down and restarted while Samba is a domain controller offering the Domain LogOn service. Windows NT Workstation and Server can no longer log onto the network. Cause: Windows NT checks at start up to see if any domain logon controllers are already running within the domain. It finds Samba claiming to offer the service and therefore does NOT start its Network Logon Service. Windows NT needs the Windows NT network logon service to gain from its Domain controller's SAM database the security identifier for the user loging on. Work-around: Stop the Samba nmbd and smbd processes, then on the Windows NT Primary Domain Controller start the Network Logon Service. Now restart the Samba nmbd and smbd services. Better still: DO NOT CONFIGURE SAMBA AS THE NETWORK LOGON SERVER, DO NOT SET SAMBA TO BE THE DOMAIN MASTER, DO NOT SET SAMBA TO OS LEVEL GREATER THAN 0. ie: Let Windows NT Server be the Domain Logon server, the domain master browser and do NOT interfere with any aspect of Microsoft Windows NT Domain Control. =========================================================================