Comment 21 for bug 375593

Hello Martin,
Thanks very much for the tip and the info. I will attempt this next time I
get to my laptop. My desktop is still a windoze machine.. :) I'll be
watching more in the forums.
Regards,
Chris

On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 5:38 PM, Martin G Miller <email address hidden>wrote:

> When trying to edit OS configuration files, you need to have root
> privileges. The command to use in this case is:
> gksu gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf
>
> It will ask you for your password, just use the same password you use
> when you log into Ubuntu.
>
> For most help on these types of questions, you should join the ubuntu
> forums at ubuntuforums.org
> You will find a lot of very helpful people there.
>
> --
> cannot browse samba shares without editing smb.conf
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/375593
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>
> Status in “samba” package in Ubuntu: Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: samba
>
> I maintain 2 networks with mixed ubuntu / Windows XP SP2 machines and this
> problem started suddenly in September of 2008. All of my Ubuntu machines
> whether they are clean installs of 8.04 or 8.10 or 9.04, 32 or 64 bit or
> upgrades from earlier versions all exhibit the failure to display or browse
> smb shares. The only fix is to edit etc/samba/smb.conf:
> # What naming service and in what order should we use to resolve host names
> # to IP addresses
> ; name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast
>
> remove the leading ; from the name resolve order line and change the order
> of the entries to read:
> name resolve order = lmhosts wins bcast host
>
> Save the file, log off and back on.
>
> This change fixes the problem for all my machine in both networks.
> The problem remains unresolved in Jaunty unless I do this. This problem
> appeared suddenly in September of 2008 on 8.04 machines that had been
> working normally and has persisted through 8.10 and now 9.04.
>
> Clicking on the Places > Network to bring up the network browse gui will
> take a fairly long time to appear and it will not display any of the
> machines on the network, whether Ubuntu or Windows XP. It may display an
> icon for "Windows Network", but if that is clicked, the system times out
> with nothing displayed after about 60 seconds.
>
> This happens on all machines whether clean installs or upgrades with 8.04,
> 8.10 and 9.04, both 32 And 64 bit. IT also does not matter if the Ubuntu
> machines are static IP or DHCP.
>
> After editing the smb.conf file as noted above, the network gui works
> quickly and as expected & displays all shares on all Windows XP and Ubuntu
> machines on the local network.
>
> Additional info: until I found the fix noted here, I installed the kde 3.x
> network browser. I forget the name of the package, but that worked
> instantly. Once I got gnome working, I uninstalled it. I have not had to
> do this on the new 9.04 installs, I just edit smb.conf and everything works
> as expected.
>