Samba Configuration

Glynn Clements glynn at sensei.co.uk
Tue Aug 12 09:24:03 GMT 1997


Fyodor Yarochkin wrote:

> BlackStar:/usr/samba/bin# smbclient -I 194.135.207.17 -L \\\\Istc_computer
> Added interface ip=194.135.207.21 bcast=194.135.207.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
> Session request failed (131,130) with myname=BLACKSTAR.COM 
> destname=ISTC_COMPUTER
> Called name not present
> Try to connect to another name (instead of ISTC_COMPUTER)
> You may find the -I option useful for this
> BlackStar:/usr/samba/bin# ping Istc_computer
> PING slav17.blackstar.com (194.135.207.17): 56 data bytes
> 64 bytes from 194.135.207.17: icmp_seq=0 ttl=32 time=2.7 ms
> 64 bytes from 194.135.207.17: icmp_seq=1 ttl=32 time=2.2 ms
> 
> --- slav17.blackstar.com ping statistics ---
> 2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss
> round-trip min/avg/max = 2.2/2.4/2.7 ms
> BlackStar:/usr/samba/bin# nslookup istc_computer
> Server:  blackstar.com
> Address:  127.0.0.1
> 
> Name:    slav17.blackstar.com
> Address:  194.135.207.17
> Aliases:  istc_computer.blackstar.com
> 
> BlackStar:/usr/samba/bin#

Looks like ISTC_COMPUTER isn't the NetBIOS name of 194.135.207.17

There's no reason for a computer's DNS name and NetBIOS name to be the 
same, unless it's specifically been set up that way.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn at sensei.co.uk>


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