SAMBA digest 1659

[Martin Mielke]

> Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 14:57:14 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Philip Hallstrom <philip at sierra.com>
> To: samba at samba.anu.edu.au
> Subject: Using "host" works, but not "host.domain.com"????
> Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980417145416.515M-100000 at rintintin>
>
> Hi -
>         I set up samba 1.9.18p4 on Solaris 2.6 and have things working for
> the most part.  One strange thing though.  One a Win95 client when I type:
>
> net use g: \\host\philip
>
> I connect just fine, but when I type:
>
> net use g: \\host.domain.com\philip
>
> I get the following errror:
>
> Error 53: The computer name specified in the network path cannot be
> located.  Make sure you are specifying the computer name correctly, or try
> again later when the remote computer is available.
>
> However, I can ping both host and host.domain.com just fine.
>
> I'm not sure where to even begin to look for the answers... any pointers?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Philip Hallstrom                Technical Director
> philip.hallstrom at sierra.com     Sierra Online Services
> http://www.sierra.com/          Sierra Online, Inc.
>



Hello Philip!

I had the same problem some weeks ago. Using uppercase for the hostname solved it. Also try the
"Find -> Computer" Utility to find your Samba Server.


Regards,

M at rtin

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