Problems with nmblookup

[Doug VanLeuven]

Have you checked the sub-net mask on john ?
All I can think of.

John Rooke wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've nearly got everything working here with our SuSE Linux 6.0 based
> samba 2.1-prealpha PDC and NTW4.0 network. The only remaining problem is
> I can't connect to shares on a NTW4.0 PC called john. All other PC's on
> the network are OK.
>
> I have traced this down to a problem with WINS in that if I do a
> nmblookup -d20 john I get the output below.
>
> I have wins support = Yes and dns proxy = Yes in smb.conf and can ping
> john OK from the Linux server. It seems to be something to do with
> NetBios names.
>
> Any suggestions as to how I can fix this would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John.
>
> doing parameter dns proxy = Yes
> pm_process() returned Yes
> lp_servicenumber: couldn't find homes
> Added interface ip=10.1.1.13 bcast=10.1.1.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
> bind succeeded on port 0
> Socket opened.
> Sending queries to 10.1.1.255
> nmb packet from 10.1.1.255(137) header: id=7487 opcode=Query(0)
> response=No
>     header: flags: bcast=Yes rec_avail=No rec_des=Yes trunc=No auth=No
>     header: rcode=0 qdcount=1 ancount=0 nscount=0 arcount=0
>     question: q_name=JOHN<00> q_type=32 q_class=1
> Sending a packet of len 50 to (10.1.1.255) on port 137
> nmb packet from 10.1.1.255(137) header: id=7487 opcode=Query(0)
> response=No
>     header: flags: bcast=Yes rec_avail=No rec_des=Yes trunc=No auth=No
>     header: rcode=0 qdcount=1 ancount=0 nscount=0 arcount=0
>     question: q_name=JOHN<00> q_type=32 q_class=1
> Sending a packet of len 50 to (10.1.1.255) on port 137
> nmb packet from 10.1.1.255(137) header: id=7487 opcode=Query(0)
> response=No
>     header: flags: bcast=Yes rec_avail=No rec_des=Yes trunc=No auth=No
>     header: rcode=0 qdcount=1 ancount=0 nscount=0 arcount=0
>     question: q_name=JOHN<00> q_type=32 q_class=1
> Sending a packet of len 50 to (10.1.1.255) on port 137
> name_query failed to find name john

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