Netbios name or IP not known

[MCCALL,DON (HP-USA,ex1)]

Hi Nick,
Don't know why - but here is a simple test that works for me:
in global section of smb.conf:
preexec = "/opt/samba/bin/preecho.sh %I %m %M"

/opt/samba/bin/preecho.sh:
echo $1 $2 $3 >>/var/opt/samba/echolog.txt

make sure that echolog.txt exists and is world writeable:
touch /var/opt/samba/echolog.txt
chmod 777 /var/opt/samba/echolog.txt

make sure that preecho.sh is executable:
chmod 755 /opt/samba/bin/preecho.sh

Then test:
smbclient -L mysambamachinename

Results in /var/opt/samba/echolog.txt:

15.44.48.49 rkm-nt rkm-nt.atl.hp.com


Try this simple test to make sure it works before going to something
more complicated.
Hope this helps,
Don

-----Original Message-----
From: Nick De Decker [mailto:nick at i-vision.be]
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 8:45 AM
To: samba-ntdom at us5.samba.org
Subject: Netbios name or IP not known


Hello,

I want to use the %m %M and %I in some preexec commands and other stuff, but
it always results in UNKNOWN or 0.0.0.0.
When i look in my logfiles i see that the IP and computername are known
there, so why not in my preexec command ??

Appreciate any help

Nick