[Samba] aliases not working!!

[Joel Hammer]

Oy. Now you tell me.
Cross network browsing is much more involved, and I know little about
it.  nmblookup has options for broadcasting to other networks and
for unicasting.  smbclient also has options for resolving names. You
might fiddle with that, or, you might just put your aliases into your
/etc/hosts or lmhosts files and see what happens.

Joel

On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 09:48:15AM -0500, John Dalton wrote:
> 
> Joel,
> 
> maybe it's because we have 60 networks here and
> the routers do not broadcast to each other.
> 
> My samba server is on one network and the pc's on another?
> 
> 
> 
> Joel Hammer wrote:
> > 
> > That is not my experience. I just made up an alias, put it into my
> > smbd.conf file, restarted nmbd, and it works. Without a wins server.
> > 
> > Joel
> > 
> > On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 09:39:57AM -0500, John Dalton wrote:
> > >
> > > ok,
> > >
> > > Here's the deal, the reason it did not work
> > > is because the aliases entry i put in was just
> > > a made up name. It was not in lmhost, dns, hosts
> > > or anywhere else. I inserted another entry in
> > > aliases that VIPER is know to in DNS and wala, it
> > > worked.
> > >
> > > So, when you have an alses entry, you also have to have
> > > it somwhere else too, is what i'm gathering.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Joel Hammer wrote:
> > > >
> > > > You didn't say that you restarted nmbd.
> > > > Joel
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 08:47:00AM -0500, John Dalton wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks joe,
> > > > >
> > > > > Viper is the netbios name, that
> > > > > has no problem answering, but I need
> > > > > to put in the fully qualified dns name.
> > > > >
> > > > > The aliases is the one not answering and
> > > > > i suspect it is because IT is not in the DNS.
> > > > >
> > > > > what do you think?
> > > > >
> > > > > And thansk for our response.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Joel Hammer wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Well, you sound desperate so I'll put in my two cents.
> > > > > > Did you STOP and RESTART nmbd?
> > > > > > Have you run testparm to be sure your smb.conf file is OK?
> > > > > > Name resolution can occur in several ways:
> > > > > > lmhost or /etc/hosts
> > > > > > wins server
> > > > > > dns
> > > > > > broadcast
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Try nmblookup VIPER
> > > > > >
> > > > > > and see what info you can glean.
> > > > > > Do this with with and without a wins server defined in your smb.conf. (I
> > > > > > assume you have a wins server.)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Try ping VIPER and see who, if anybody, answers.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Joel
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 04:56:27PM -0500, John Dalton wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Can someone tell me what has to happen to get
> > > > > > > the aliases working in samba?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Below is an earlier posting.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks!!
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Does anyone have aliases working correctly?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Suppose I am moving the samba to one server to another, say VIPER
> > > > > > > > to JOKER.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > In smb.conf I change the 'netbios name = VIPER' to JOKER
> > > > > > > > and I also want the old name to be seen as well. To do this
> > > > > > > > I create a netbios aliases = VIPER.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I then stop and start samba, but the aliases is not working.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Is this because the IP address of VIPER is still on the old
> > > > > > > > server and being used?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Does the aliases name have to be a valid system name or can it
> > > > > > > > be any made up name? I did this as a made up name and it did not work.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Thanks
> > > > > > > >
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> > > > > > >
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