problems logging into samba domain

[Andrew R Reid]

I was hoping someone might be a ble to help me with a small problem.

One of my workstations will no longer log into my samba server.  It was
working fine until yesterday when some software was installed on it.

The software has been removed.  The problem hovever hasn't been fixed.

My client is a windows ME machine.

My server is Samba 2.0.6 running on a heavily modified Red Hat 6.2 (kernal
version 2.2.14)

I  know I should update my Samba and Kernal versions, but why do it if it
ain't broke (well it is now).

The offending piece of software was the X10 webcam "X-Ray Vision
client" software.

I don't know what Gethostbyaddr function is, but I presume it has
something to do with hostname resolution. (I have read the man page, but
it is a little above me)

I am assuming that the offending software has somehow modified the
registry settings of the client so that it can no longer be looked up by
my samba server.  However, I can ping, nslookup and nmblookup chrome and
it resolves o.k. (192.168.1.4)

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Well done to the Samba team for there excellent work.  The accolades just
keep rolling in!

Regards,

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[2001/11/19 09:13:30, 1] lib/util_sock.c:client_name(997)
  Gethostbyaddr failed for 192.168.1.4
[2001/11/19 09:18:01, 1] lib/util_sock.c:client_name(997)
  Gethostbyaddr failed for 192.168.1.4
[2001/11/19 09:28:12, 1] lib/util_sock.c:client_name(997)
  Gethostbyaddr failed for 192.168.1.4
[2001/11/19 09:38:22, 1] lib/util_sock.c:client_name(997)
  Gethostbyaddr failed for 192.168.1.4
[2001/11/19 09:40:54, 1] lib/util_sock.c:client_name(997)
  Gethostbyaddr failed for 192.168.1.4
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[2001/11/19 09:38:22, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_socket(563)
  write_socket: Error writing 4 bytes to socket 6: ERRNO = Broken pipe
[2001/11/19 09:38:22, 0] lib/util_sock.c:send_smb(751)
  Error writing 4 bytes to client. -1. Exiting
[2001/11/19 09:40:54, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_socket_data(537)
  write_socket_data: write failure. Error = Broken pipe
[2001/11/19 09:40:54, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_socket(563)
  write_socket: Error writing 4 bytes to socket 6: ERRNO = Broken pipe
[2001/11/19 09:40:54, 0] lib/util_sock.c:send_smb(751)
  Error writing 4 bytes to client. -1. Exiting