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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!netcom.net.uk!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD nameserver / Samba Date: 14 May 1996 10:31:24 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 80 Message-ID: <4n9jtc$9h@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <318A1155.52FE@mainelink.net> X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Gary Chrysler (tcg@mainelink.net) wrote: : FreeBSD 2.0-RELEASE : Samba 1.9 : WFW 3.11 : hostnames: os: : bsdhost FreeBSD : wfwhost WFW 3.11 : Installed Samba.. Worked great using /etc/hosts on all systems.. : Then I setup and enabled name_server on bsdhost! : Now Samba on bsdhost fails.. : example: : smbclient -L bsdhost -U% : Reports: Your server is being unfriendly : Samba help states that this is an error with loading : smbd! But it works if name_server is disabled and : /etc/hosts is enabled.. : Although 'smbclient -L wfwhost -U%' works. : I can connect to 'wfwhost' from 'bsdhost' : but not from 'wfwhost' to 'bsdhost' : I can disable name_server, Setup the hosts files on all systems : and it will then again work! : I have also noticed that it takes forever to get a prompt in either : telnet or ftp.. It say's 'Connected to xxxxxx' ASAP! : Looking at the host that I am conneting to shows it's connected! : But no prompt for a couple of minutes! : Now, My guess would be that the nameserver is not working correctly : Yet I can ping in any direction by name from any host and it works fine! : I can dig nameserver and all reports well! : All this happens almost instantly!! : My primary nameserver db.. : @ IN SOA bsdhost.mynet.org. root.bsdhost.mynet.org. ( : 960502 ; Serial : 3600 ; Refresh : 300 ; Retry : 3600000 ; Expire : 3600 ) ; Minimum : IN NS bsdhost.mynet.org. : 1 IN PTR localhost.mynet.org. : bsdhost IN A 129.1.29.4 : 4.29.1.129 IN PTR bsdhost : wfwhost IN A 129.1.29.5 : 5.29.1.129 IN PTR wfwhost : I know Bogus IP's are frowned upon! It'll never connect to the outside : like this so please don't warn me! I know! : Is this db properly done?? : Help #2 : Enabled nfs_server : Error: cannot open /var/db/mountdtab : I've looked everywhere!! : All the FAQ's that are included with FreeBSD, Web pages, man pages etc... etc.. : But I cannot find any info on mountdtab! : Could sombody point me towards that info?? I don't know if it's documented (I read it from this newsgroup a while ago). Just create the file. It's used to store a list of file systems that are currently remotely mounted. : I'll say Mucho Gracias now for those that reply with usefull comments! : O-yea, PLEASE cc: to email to make darn sure I don't miss it.. : Thanks : tcg@mainelink.net -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....