[Samba] restriction on workgroup name length ?

[Jeremy Allison]

On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 04:49:20PM +0200, Joerg.Thomas.Vogt at Sun.COM wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a Windows 2000 Domain Controller serving the domain
> EMEA.CORPDIR.NET
> 
> smb.conf:
> 
>     workgroup = emea.corpdir.net
>     security = domain
> 
> nmbd show the following errors: 
> 
>   register_name_response: Answer name EMEA.CORPDIR.NE<00> differs from question name EMEA.CORPDIR.NET<00>.
> [2003/08/22 16:29:42, 0] nmbd/nmbd_nameregister.c:(73)
>   register_name_response: Answer name EMEA.CORPDIR.NE<1e> differs from question name EMEA.CORPDIR.NET<1e>.
> [2003/08/22 16:29:46, 2] nmbd/nmbd_nameregister.c:(182)
> 
> 
> and it's not possible to join the domain.

This looks like an off by one bug in nmbd when dealing
with names. I'm working on this code at the moment, I'll
try and ensure this gets fixed for RC2.

Jeremy.