[Samba] Machine confused about localhost

[Ryan Novosielski]

Sounds good, but... nope:

added interface ip=130.219.34.100 bcast=130.219.34.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
Password:

cli_full_connection: failed to connect to //NJMSA-LM<20> (0.0.0.0)
Cannot connect to server.  Error was NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL

Anyone else have any ideas? Does 'njmsa' perhaps not know where the 
NetBIOS nameserver is located for some reason?

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On Mon, 13 Dec 2004, Paul Gienger wrote:

>
>> I run rpcclient without specifying an IP address and I get the following 
>> error:
>> 
>> # /products/samba/bin/rpcclient //localhost -U novosirj
>> Password:
>> 
>> cli_full_connection: failed to connect to //LOCALHOST<20> (0.0.0.0)
>> Cannot connect to server.  Error was NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL
>> 
>> ...the machine knows what localhost is otherwise:
>> 
>> ...anyone have any insights?
>
> (Speculating wildly like I usually do)  I'd say that is because smbd/nmbd 
> don't register the name localhost at all.  When you say telnet localhost 
> you're asking dns to look it up, which usually responds properly via 
> /etc/hosts or possibly your dns server ( I think ours responds 127.0.0.1 if 
> you ask who localhost is).  When you ask for //localhost you're asking for 
> the netbios host at localhost, which no one has claimed.
>
> Try without the // or with //<servername> and see if that works out better 
> for you.
>
> Sorry if my usage of nmbd/netbios is bad.
>
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