[Samba] "Called name not present" - using smbclient from linu x to access win98

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

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Xingjun Chu wrote:
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| Thanks a lot!
| That would be great if you can explain further why and
| how the netbios session requires the netbios name, not
| ip address,

It's part of the protocol.  Just the way it works.
See RFC1001/1002.  Or Christ Hertel's book at
http://ubiqx.org/cifs/







cheers, jerry
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