From 7744a23bb73ced285cfda60fcbf52a10518c0470 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Terpstra Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 11:09:12 +0000 Subject: Updated to include possible cause of failed TESTS 3/6 as bad broadcast address. (This used to be commit 031f5b183e57b26a3401440cc3d8156c9771da2e) --- docs/textdocs/DIAGNOSIS.txt | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'docs/textdocs') diff --git a/docs/textdocs/DIAGNOSIS.txt b/docs/textdocs/DIAGNOSIS.txt index 8625f17032..d709d78870 100644 --- a/docs/textdocs/DIAGNOSIS.txt +++ b/docs/textdocs/DIAGNOSIS.txt @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ !== -!== DIAGNOSIS.txt for Samba release 1.9.18 08 Jan 1998 +!== DIAGNOSIS.txt for Samba release 1.9.18p4 28 Mar 1998 !== Contributor: Andrew Tridgell Updated: October 14, 1997 @@ -121,6 +121,10 @@ on port 139, such as Samba (ie: smbd is running from inetd already) or something like Digital's Pathworks. Check your inetd.conf file before trying to start smbd as a daemon, it can avoid a lot of frustration! +And yet another possible cause for failure of TEST 3 is when the subnet mask +and / or broadcast address settings are incorrect. Please check that the +network interface IP Address / Broadcast Address / Subnet Mask settings are +correct and that Samba has correctly noted these in the log.nmb file. TEST 4: ------- @@ -170,6 +174,8 @@ If your PC and server aren't on the same subnet then you will need to use the -B option to set the broadcast address to the that of the PCs subnet. +This test will probably fail if your subnet mask and broadcast address are +not correct. (Refer to TEST 3 notes above). TEST 7: ------- -- cgit