We have a mixed environment with a Windows 2008 Server as a DC and Linux/Windows/OS X workstations/servers joined to the domain. The problem is the joins (domain memberships) are OK, browsing works, PAM authentication on Linux based on winbind works but some (not all) Linux computers are not showing in the master computer browser for the domain.
All of our Linux servers/ workstations are running CentOS 5.8/RHEL 5.8/ CentOS 6 or RHEL 6. This is the nbtstat output of a Linux server that works:
C:\Users\rchhetri>nbtstat -a xlxudt
Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [10.0.0.200] Scope Id: []
NetBIOS Remote Machine Name Table
Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
xLXUDT <00> UNIQUE Registered
xLXUDT <03> UNIQUE Registered
xLXUDT <20> UNIQUE Registered
DOMAIN <1E> GROUP Registered
DOMAIN <00> GROUP Registered
MAC Address = 00-00-00-00-00-00
C:\Users\rchhetri>net view \\Xlxudt
Shared resources at \\xlxudt
RHE Mainframe
Share name Type Used as Comment
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Data Disk Data
Data2 Disk Data2
Data3 Disk Data3
HOLD Disk Z: Hold
pldfiles Disk pldfiles
ud72 Disk ud72
vertex Disk vertex
The command completed successfully.
And this is for a server that does not populate the computer master browser:
C:\Users\rchhetri>nbtstat -a xlx0
Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [10.0.0.200] Scope Id: []
Host not found.
C:\Users\rchhetri>net view \\xlx0
Shared resources at \\xlx0
Samba Server Version 3.5.10-114.el6
Share name Type Used as Comment
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
homes Disk Home Directories
public Disk Public Stuff
rchhetri Disk Home Directories
xfer Disk All Users
The command completed successfully.
The samba configurations for both servers are same. We are also running a wins server in the DC. From our samba clients, this is for the one that works:
smbclient -L localhost -U rchhetri
Password:
Domain=[x] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.33-3.39.el5_8]
Sharename Type Comment
--------- ---- -------
Data Disk Data
Data2 Disk Data2
Data3 Disk Data3
HOLD Disk Hold
ud72 Disk ud72
pldfiles Disk pldfiles
vertex Disk vertex
IPC$ IPC IPC Service (RHE Mainframe)
Domain=[x] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.33-3.39.el5_8]
Server Comment
--------- -------
xDC1 COPS
xLXUDT RHE Mainframe
Workgroup Master
--------- -------
x xDC1
And the one that does not work:
smbclient -L localhost -U rchhetri
Enter rchhetri's password:
Domain=[x] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.5.10-114.el6]
Sharename Type Comment
--------- ---- -------
homes Disk Home Directories
xfer Disk All Users
public Disk Public Stuff
IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba Server Version 3.5.10-114.el6)
rchhetri Disk Home Directories
Domain=[x] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.5.10-114.el6]
Server Comment
--------- -------
Workgroup Master
--------- -------
Our samba configs are same but the samba versions above are different (3.0 and 3.5). We have another Samba 3.5 domain member that works perfectly.
Steps that I have done:
- Confirmed that both forward and reverse zones in the DNS of the domain are populated.
- Even added static wins entries to see if it works.
- Rejoined all domain members with this problem to the domain
net ads dns registerfor all domain members with problems.
What should I do next to solve this netbios problem?
