[plug] Couple of strange ones.. (lpd and SaMBa)

[Leon Brooks]

Brad Campbell wrote:
> I have the correct ip and host names in
> /etc/hosts
> /etc/hosts.lpd
> /etc/hosts.equiv

/etc/hosts.allow?

> Nothing about any connection attempts in the syslog

Are you sure that you haven't firewalled yourself off or something? Does
everything else work between the 2 machines?

> I cant log onto the samba server from a windows box unless my ppp
> link is up to the outside world.

> I'm running named as a local forwarding nameserver on this box and
> I can only assume it's some kind of dns problem.

What I do is put up named on the samba server, name all of your local
boxes, and then when the link goes up/down, copy in a /etc/named.conf
with/out the appropriate forwarders in it and
/var/named/whateveryourroothintsfileiscalled with/out appropriate root
hints in it, and kill -HUP named. Then your Win boxen can be set to use
the DNS full-time and not worry about the consequences. It also helps to
be a WINS server and win all elections, as it considerably reduces
network traffic.


> Again, samba appeared to work ok under debian 2.1.
> It's samba 2.0.5a.

Mmmm. Some configuration items, particularly defaults, changed. I
suggest doing a context diff on your modified smb.conf vs the original,
unedited old config (you _do_ have a copy around, don't you?), and then
try applying it to the new original, unedited config to see what
happens. Also, read *ALL* of the comments in the new smb.conf and be
sure that none apply to you.