[Samba] Connection failed with smbclient

[Joel Hammer]

nmblookup likely  uses bcasting or a wins server to find a host, whereas
smbclient may use lmhost and  host (/etc/host and DNS) as well, or none
of these, depending on smb.conf. What if you mess with name resolve
order in your global section of smb.conf?

Joel
  On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 09:30:30AM -0500, David A. Bandel wrote:
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> Folks,
> 
> I looked through the archives, but didn't see anything like this.
> 
> I have a network with a mix of Win95, Win98, and WinME clients (and one
> Linux system w/ Samba server version 2.2.2).
> 
> All systems belong to a workgroup called "Oteima".
> 
> All Win95 and Win98 clients see all other systems (including the Linux
> box) in one list.
> 
> However, a couple of systems (notably the WinME systems) see _two_ Oteima
> workgroups.
> 
> Problem is, the Samba server, using nmblookup can find _all_ systems, but
> using smbclient can only connect to the Windoze systems listed in one
> Oteima workgroup, but get a connection failed when trying to connect to
> systems in the other Oteima workgroup.
> 
> I very methodically checked using nmblookup and sbmclient whether I could
> see/connect to every system.
> 
> [root at appgen root]# nmblookup caja
> querying caja on 192.168.5.255
> 192.168.5.42 caja<00>
> [root at appgen root]# smbclient //caja/c
> added interface ip=192.168.5.50 bcast=192.168.5.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
> Connection to caja failed
> 
> if I could resolve _why_ some Win systems have _two_ Oteima workgoups (one
> to which I can connect to _all_ listed systems and one to which I cannot
> connect to any) I could resolve this dilemna.
> 
> I've tried:  changing workgroup name (all lowercase, all uppercase, mixed
> upper/lower case); encrypt passwds yes/no.  Changing protocol mins and
> maxs (from CORE to NT1).  I'm running out of ideas.
> 
> Any and all suggestions welcome.
> 
> David A. Bandel
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