[Samba] Error 4617: SMB connection failed & NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME

[Whil Hentzen]

Hi folks,

I'm trying to access a share on a RedHat 9 server from a Fedora Core 1 
workstation. Here is the environment (pretty vanilla), the error I'm getting, 
and what I've done to try hunt down the problem.

Server, 192.168.1.100, has a share of /home/users/herman
Workstation, 192.168.1.101, has a mount point of /home/herman/serverdata
smb.conf on server has
[global]
  hosts deny = ALL
  hosts allow = 192.168.1. 127.
[herman]
  path=/home/users/herman
  valid users = herman
  writable = yes

[root at clientbox ~]# mount -t smbfs -o username=herman,password=secret 
//192.168.1.100:/home/users/herman  /home/herman/serverdata
4715: Connection to 192.168.1.12: failed
SMB connection failed

I've read through the various troubleshooting guides at samba.org, searched 
google for "4715 samba", and read through the ORA "Using Samba" for hints. I 
also googled NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME and got a number of hits, but they 
were all either not in English or were just a question without an answer.

Here's what I've done to test:

Step 1:
[root at serverbox samba]# testparm smb.conf
Load smb config files from smb.conf
Processing section "[homes]"
Processing section "[printers]"
Processing section "[herman]"
Loaded services file OK.

Step 2:
[root at serverbox samba]# smbclient -L serverbox -N
added interface ip=192.168.1.100 bcast=192.168.1.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
Anonymous login successful
Domain=[MYGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 2.2.7a]
 
        Sharename      Type      Comment
        ---------      ----      -------
        herman           Disk      Herman's dir
        IPC$           IPC       IPC Service (Samba Server)
        ADMIN$         Disk      IPC Service (Samba Server)
 
        Server               Comment
        ---------            -------
        SERVERBOX          Samba Server
        CLIENTBOX            Samba Server
 
        Workgroup            Master
        ---------            -------
        WINDOMAIN            JEEVES
        MYGROUP              SERVERBOX

Step 3:
[root at serverbox samba]# smbclient //serverbox/home/users/herman -U 
herman%secret
added interface ip=192.168.1.100 bcast=192.168.1.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
Domain=[MYGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 2.2.7a]
tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME

Step 4:
[root at bambi samba]# nmblookup -d 2 "*"
added interface ip=192.168.1.100 bcast=192.168.1.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
querying * on 192.168.1.255
Got a positive name query response from 192.168.1.100 ( 192.168.1.100 )
Got a positive name query response from 192.168.1.101 ( 192.168.1.101 )
Got a positive name query response from 192.168.1.102 ( 192.168.1.102 )
Got a positive name query response from 192.168.1.103 ( 192.168.1.103 )
192.168.1.100 *<00>
192.168.1.101 *<00>
192.168.1.102 *<00>
192.168.1.103 *<00>

So.... can anyone help, tell me what other info I need to provide, or point me 
in the right direction?

Thanks,

-- 
Whil

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