On 0, Randy Orrison <randy@orrison.com> wrote: > I've recently added a Windows NT4sp6a box to my home network, configured as > a PDC and running Microsoft Exchange (don't ask). Since then, whenever it's > up, I keep getting the following entries in /var/log/syslog: > > May 1 04:59:23 evo xinetd[606]: START: netbios-ns pid=19288 from=192.168.33.3 > May 1 04:59:23 evo xinetd[606]: START: netbios-ns pid=19289 from=192.168.33.3 > May 1 04:59:23 evo xinetd[606]: START: netbios-ns pid=19290 from=192.168.33.3 > May 1 04:59:23 evo xinetd[606]: Deactivating service netbios-ns due to > excessive incoming connections. Restarting in 10 seconds. > May 1 04:59:23 evo xinetd[606]: FAIL: netbios-ns connections per second from=192.168.33.3 > > (192.168.33.3 is the NT box.) A few seconds later the netbios-ns service > restarts, and I get another batch of 10 START messages and it dies again. > Does anyone have any clue what's going on? > > Actually, it's a bit weirder than that: after the service restarts, the > next batch of messages say > > May 1 05:00:42 evo xinetd[606]: START: netbios-ns pid=19291 from=192.168.33.1 > > where 192.168.33.1 is my linux box! It appears to be hammering itself. > > This isn't causing any noticable effects, but it's sure filling my log files > quickly. Any clues would be helpful, or let me know if you need any further > information about the Linux or NT configurations. I think this is caused by your linux box's samba service winning the election for domain master. If you don't want this to happen you need these in /etc/samba/smb.conf: os level = 0 domain master = no local master = no preferred master = no Then your NT box can happily win the election. Tom -- Tom Cook Information Technology Services, The University of Adelaide "That you're not paranoid does not mean they're not out to get you." - Robert Waldner Get my GPG public key: https://pinky.its.adelaide.edu.au/~tkcook/tom.cook-at-adelaide.edu.au
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