[Samba] Samba 4 AD DC "Element not found" error in Windows 8

[Nick Semenkovich]

Ah yeah, that definitely works #facepalm

I guess I figured \\corp.domain.com should just fail entirely (though
netlogon and sysvol work) -- \\dcname.corp.domain.com works perfectly.

Thanks!

On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 2:17 AM, Ufficiotecnico Acknow
<ufficiotecnico at acknow.it> wrote:
> Using   \\dcname.corp.domain.com\share or \\your_ip\share works?
> Check also security tab on folder to set right permsission.
>
> Il 07/02/2013 08.14, Nick Semenkovich ha scritto:
>>
>> Hi:
>>
>>
>> I've just configured a Samba 4 install as an AD DC, following the Wiki
>> page at https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba_AD_DC_HOWTO
>>
>> I've successfully joined a few machines to the domain, and am now
>> trying to add some simple shares.
>>
>> When I add a share to smb.conf, it appears on client machines via
>> \\domain.example.com\sharename but trying to open any shares gives the
>> error "Element not found".
>>
>> I can only open the \netlogon and \sysvol existing shares, but nothing
>> else I create is openable (always prompts with "Element not found.")
>>
>> Running Ubuntu Raring Ringtail / Samba 4.0.0+dfsg1-1.
>>
>> All the clients are Windows 8, I'm logged on as the domain
>> administrator, and all machine clocks are NTP synced.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Nick
>>
>>
>> $> cat /etc/samba/smb.conf
>> [global]
>>         workgroup = CORP
>>         realm = CORP.DOMAIN.COM
>>         netbios name = DCNAME
>>         server role = active directory domain controller
>>         allow dns updates = True
>>         dns forwarder = 192.168.0.1
>>         server services = +smb -s3fs
>>         dcerpc endpoint servers = +winreg +srvsvc
>>
>> [netlogon]
>>         path = /var/lib/samba/sysvol/corp.domain.com/scripts
>>         read only = No
>>
>> [sysvol]
>>         path = /var/lib/samba/sysvol
>>         read only = No
>>
>> [profiles]
>>         path = /srv/profiles
>>         read only = No
>>
>> [homes]
>>         directory_mode: parameter = 0700
>>         path = /home
>>         read only = No
>>         csc policy = documents
>>
>> [dropbox]
>>         path = /srv/samba-dropbox
>>         read only = No
>>         comment = Dropbox
>>         browseable = Yes
>
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