A clue to FAQ *2.4(

Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton lkcl at samba.org
Fri Apr 7 07:29:40 GMT 2000


sounds like netbios name resolution limit (15 chars max).

On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, Rasmus Andersen wrote:

> Hi.
> 
> I just used samba to move a cluster of NT workstations from one domain to
> another, the former being controlled by a NT PDC and the new being controlled
> by Samba (CVS chechout 30/3). During that process I ran into the problem
> described in the NT Domains Sambaq FAQ Q. 2.4 for some of the machines.
> 
> After fiddling around a while I realized that the problem occurred for the 
> machines with the longest identification strings. After I changed them to 
> something shorter (and did the papershuffling at the Samba server) it worked 
> without a hitch.
> 
> Examples: at-marie-louise (didnt work) -> at-mla (worked)
> 	  at-mfrederiksen (didnt work) -> at-mfred (worked)
> 
> Names like at-randersen did work, so I guess the magic number is around 12-15
> characters. Please note that the old NT 4.0 PDC handled these named fine.
> 
> Otherwise thanks for a great product.
> 
>         Rasmus(rasmus at diku.dk)
> 
> With Microsoft products, failure is not an option - it's a standard component. 
>   -- Anonymous
> 
> 
> 
>         Rasmus(rasmus at diku.dk)
> 
> Writing a new OS only for the 386 in 1991 gets you your second F for this term.
>   -- Prof. Andrew S. Tanenbaum, author of Minix, in a newsgroup
>        posting to Linus Torvalds 
> 

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