FreeBSD 7.0 jail and Samba 3

Nejc Škoberne nejc at skoberne.net
Thu Apr 17 09:57:46 UTC 2008


Hey again,

> I am trying to get latest Samba running under FreeBSD 7.0 jail 
> environment. I happen
> to have problems with "visibility" of the Samba server on the network - 
> I cannot connect
> to it using its NetBIOS name. To be able to run nmbd, I have to use the 
> "interfaces"
> parameter in smb.conf like this:
> 
>         interfaces = 192.168.1.2/24 127.0.0.1
> 
> If I don't set this, nmbd fails to run (it says it cannot find 
> interfaces). However, if
> I try the identical configuration on a "non-jailed" Samba (on a FreeBSD 
> 6.2 though) it
> runs seamlessly - I can connect to it from another box by running 
> "smbclient //server/share".
> 
> Is there any way to make NetBIOS work for jailed Samba server on FreeBSD 
> 7.0?

Is there really nobody who could help me out here?

Thanks,
Nejc


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