[Dnsmasq-discuss] Problems with Samba shares and XP clients

[Cristiano Paris]

On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 2:06 PM, B. Cook <bcook at poughkeepsieschools.org> wrote:
>
> On Aug 2, 2008, at 5:00 PM, Cristiano Paris wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 6:30 PM, richardvoigt at gmail.com
>> <richardvoigt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I don't remember for sure, but I don't think you need netbios for cifs to
>>> work.
>>>
>>> Try "\\ip.address\share" ?
>>>
>>> If that doesn't work then I don't think the problem is with dnsmasq.
>>
>> It doesn't work, niether.
>>
>>> If
>>> that does work, you may have to mess with dns settings on both client and
>>> server until "ping servername" works, then "\\servername\share" should
>>> also
>>> work.
>>
>> Of course, ping works. Thank you.
>>
>> Cristiano
>>
> You wouldn't want to share you config would you?
>
> dnsmasq and/or samba..
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dnsmasq.conf:

resolv-file=/etc/dns.resolv.conf
local=/internal.theshire.org/
no-hosts
addn-hosts=/etc/dns.hosts
domain=internal.theshire.org
dhcp-range=10.7.0.3,10.7.0.5,255.255.255.0,12h
dhcp-host=00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx,xx.xx.xx.xx,tuckburrow,infinite
dhcp-option=44,10.7.0.2
dhcp-option=45,10.7.0.2
dhcp-option=46,8
dhcp-option=47

smb.conf:

[global]
   workgroup = THESHIRE
   server string = The Shire internal server
   security = user
   load printers = yes
   log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
   max log size = 50
   wins support = yes
   name resolve order = wins lmhosts host bcast
   unix extensions = no
   socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=524288 SO_SNDBUF=524288
[homes]
   comment = Home Directories
   browseable = no
   writable = yes
[printers]
   comment = All Printers
   path = /var/spool/samba
   browseable = no
   guest ok = no
   writable = no
   printable = yes

Cristiano