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    samba + some windows xp hosts not visible in entwork neighborhood

    I have setup samba (samba + openldap) as my pdc. Some windows systems which are added to the domain are not visible through the windows xp's network neighborhood. However all the clients can login, browse other systems except for those which are not listed in the network neighborhood. I have attached the smb.conf file for reference.
    Code:
    [global]
    workgroup = MOBIAPPS
    netbios name = PDC
    printcap name = /etc/printcap
    load printers = yes
    utmp = yes
    cups options = raw
    log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
    max log size = 100000
    security = user
    encrypt passwords = yes
    min passwd length = 5
    obey pam restrictions = No
    ldap passwd sync = Yes
    time server = Yes
    unix password sync = no
    log level = 0
    syslog = 0
    mangling method = hash2
    dos charset = 850
    unix charset = ISO8859-1
    username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
    socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
    interfaces = eth0,eth1
    local master = yes
    os level = 255
    domain master = yes 
    preferred master = yes
    domain logons = yes
    logon script = logon.bat
    passdb backend = ldapsam:ldap://172.16.1.2/
    ldap admin dn = "cn=Manager,dc=mobiapps,dc=com"
    ldap suffix = dc=mobiapps,dc=com
    ldap group suffix = ou=Groups
    ldap user suffix = ou=Users
    ldap machine suffix = ou=Computers
    ldap idmap suffix = ou=Users
    ldap delete dn = Yes
    ldap filter = (uid=%u)
    add user script = /opt/IDEALX/sbin//smbldap-useradd -m "%u"
    add machine script = /opt/IDEALX/sbin//smbldap-useradd -w "%u"
    add group script = /opt/IDEALX/sbin//smbldap-groupadd -p "%g"
    add user to group script = /opt/IDEALX/sbin//smbldap-groupmod -m "%u" "%g"
    delete user from group script = /opt/IDEALX/sbin//smbldap-groupmod -x "%u" "%g"
    set primary group script = /opt/IDEALX/sbin//smbldap-usermod -g "%g" "%u"
    logon path =
    name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast
    wins support = yes
    #============================ Share Definitions ==============================
       idmap uid = 16777216-33554431
       idmap gid = 16777216-33554431
       template shell = /bin/false
       winbind use default domain = no
    [netlogon]
    comment = Network Logon Service
    path = /opt/samba/netlogon
    How to resolve this ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by massoo View Post
    Some windows systems which are added to the domain are not visible through the windows xp's network neighborhood.
    That's because "network neighborhood" is horrifically broken (to paraphrase the MS support agent that we were talking to about this very issue at my last job).

    See also:

    http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=467

    for some complaining from way back in 2006 (that I stumbled across a while ago) about this exact problem -- and no, the protocols have never changed to make this any more reliable.

    It's working as designed -- which is to say, not well at all...

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