[Samba] access my created share in smb.conf Only by Ip

[Carlos R. Pena Evertsz]

Hi Mohammad,

I had the same problem like many others,  so I think samba should 
include a note like mine in their documentation.

This is the trick for successfully access the share with the hostname..

Be sure you have the following lines in the smb.conf:

netbios name = yourhostname
wins support = yes

Find the "name resolve order" directive and be sure you have it in the 
following order.

name resolve order = wins lmhosts hosts bcast


Add the following line:

hosts allow = the host ip / mask

Where the host ip is your server ip.
              the mask is the mask you are using in all your windows 
clients.

This is the most important thing. For example If you have in your server 
the mask 255.255.0.0 then all your clients must have the same network 
mask. Windows clients with the same mask of the server will see the 
server on the network with it hostname otherwise you need to access the 
server by its ip number. I think this is a Windows issue but they have 
left it in this way so we have to live with it.

I hope this can help you.

Carlos
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
On 10/17/2012 6:55 AM, Mohammad Ebrahim Abravi wrote:
> Hello
>
> samba4 rc3
> *s4-ad -> samba server Host name
> test.s4.com -> domain name*
> *Dns Server -> Samba Internal DNS server , Bind 9.9.1-P2*
> *win xp*
>
> have access to default  share such as sysvol  by dns name (\\test.s4.com
> \sysvol)
>
> but if  created a share in smb.conf  Only access by IP such as :
>
> \\test.s4.com\myshare   ->  no  access and ask me for user and password !
> \\192.168.1.6\myshare  ->  access
>
> If using *s4-ad.test.s4.com* my share accessible !!!
>
> \\test.s4.com\myshare   ->  no  access !
> \\s4-ad.s4.com <http://test.s4.com>\myshare   ->  access !
>
> \\test.s4.com\sysvol   ->  access !
> \\*s4-ad* <http://test.s4.com>. <http://test.s4.com>test.s4.com\sysvol  ->
> access !
>
> Note:
> In *\\test.s4.com* seen all the shared directory, but not accessible
>
> in *samba alpha17* no need type *s4-ad*
>
> what happened ?
>
> This is  Bug in samba4 rc3 ?
>
>
> Thanks