Corel Linux DNS Problems

[fubar Inc]

We recently installed Corel Linux to our computer. As a class project we are trying to get a Windows NT server to talk to our Corel Linux computer. Windows NT is the PDC. We can talk on the network, we can share files, but it's slower than death. Also, we encounter many DNS errors (two every second) in the event viewer on Windows NT. What can we do to cure these problems and get these two machines to talk the same language.


P.S. All our settings on all machines appear to be correct according to Samba for Dummies.

As you can guess, we're new at this!!!

[guitarlyn]

We would have to know how Samba is setup (copy of smb.conf) and how DNS is setup on the network and on the 2 machines.

~Guitarlynn

[fubar Inc]

It appears that we have solved the DNS problem, but now we are having problems logging in from the NT server to our Corel Linux Box. It keeps saying that "You are not authorized to log in from this station." But we have setup a user name and password on the Linux Box for the NT server. Why do we get this message and how do we fix it?

[guitarlyn]

What level of security is Samba set on?
A copy of smb.conf might point out several
common errors with a NT/2K PDC.

~Guitarlynn

[Fandelem]

what did you do to fix the dns problem, i'm curious?

and yes, cut&paste your smb.conf file here so we can check it out.

~kyle

[fubar Inc]

Ok the way we fixed the DNS problem was that we did away with all the DNS stuff on the NT server and then we put it back in and it works great now.


here is our smb.conf file:


;
; /etc/smb.conf
;
; Sample configuration file for the Samba suite for Debian GNU/Linux
;
; Please see the manual page for smb.conf for detailed description of
; every parameter.
;

[global]
printing=bsd
printcap name=/etc/printcap
load printers=yes
guest account=nobody
invalid users=root
security=domain
workgroup=compnet
server string=%h server (Samba %v)
socket options=IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY SO_SNDBUF=4096 SO_RCVBUF=4096
encrypt passwords=no
wins support=no
os level=0
domain master=no
local master=no
preferred master=no
name resolve order=lmhosts host wins bcast
dns proxy=yes
preserve case=yes
short preserve case=yes
unix password sync=false
passwd program=/usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat=*New\spassword:* %n\n *Re-enter\snew\spassword:* %n\n *Password\schanged.* .
max log size=1000
case sensitive=no
wins server=192.168.1.1

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no

; By default, the home directories are exported read only. Change next
; parameter to "no" if you want to be able to write to them.
read only = yes

; File creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want to
; create files with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775.
create mask = 0700

; Directory creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want to
; create dirs. with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775.
directory mask = 0700

[printers]
comment = All Printers
browseable = no
path = /tmp
printable = yes
public = no
writable = no
create mode = 0700

; A sample share for sharing your CD-ROM with others.
;[cdrom]
; comment = Samba server's CD-ROM
; writable = no
; locking = no
; path = /cdrom
; public = yes
;
; The next two parameters show how to auto-mount a CD-ROM when the
; cdrom share is accesed. For this to work /etc/fstab must contain
; an entry like this:
;
; /dev/scd0 /cdrom iso9660 defaults,noauto,ro,user 0 0
;
; The CD-ROM gets unmounted automatically after the connection to the
;
; If you don't want to use auto-mounting/unmounting make sure the CD
; is mounted on /cdrom
;
; preexec = /bin/mount /cdrom
; postexec = /bin/umount /cdrom

[Shared]
public=yes
writeable=yes
browseable=yes
path=/home/linux/Shared
max connections=10
available=yes
[linux]
public=yes
writeable=yes
browseable=yes
path=/home/linux
max connections=10
available=yes

Any ideas???