[Samba] samba server only accessiblie via ip address and not via dns name

[Frederick C. Damen]

I had what appears to be the same problem.  The samba server would not show up in the
'My Network Places' and if I access the share with //lmhostname/share or \\lmhostname\share
(depending on client OS) I would get access denied, or something similiar.  Accessing
the share with \\ipaddress\share worked fine.

I tried everything that I could find, even posting to this list, and nothing worked.
Shortly after starting windbindd it started to work, the samba server showed up in
'My network places' and I could access the share with the lmhostname.  The fix may have
been windbind or some delayed effect of the many other things that I had tried.
I have not seen any reference to needing to run windbind in the simple case of serving
unix home accounts where they are all in /etc/passwd.

Hope this help,

Fred



> hello,
>
> from windows 2000/xp clients i can only connect to the samba server
> using the ip address in the form:
>
> \\<ipaddress>\share
>
> \\<hostname>\share will give an authorization error
>
> i have tried samba 3 and 2.2 with no difference
>
> smb.conf:
>
> # Global parameters
> [global]
>         workgroup = CMS
>         netbios name = loki
>         server string = Samba Server %v
>         bind interfaces only = Yes
>         security = SHARE
>         guest account = vantive
>         max log size = 50
>         local master = No
>         domain master = No
>         hosts allow = 10.120., 127.0.0., 10.128., 10.144., 10.152.,
> 10.121.26., 10.121.18., 10.153.
>         wins support = Yes
>         dns proxy = Yes
> [TEST$]
>         comment = test
>         path = /test
>         create mask = 0644
>         guest ok = Yes
>
> [DOCS_INV$]
>         comment = DocsOPEN file server for INVOICLIB
>         path = /docsopen/invoice
>         create mask = 0644
>         guest ok = Yes
>
> [DOCS_INV1$]
>         comment = DocsOPEN file server for INVOICLIB
>         path = /export/home/vantive
>         read only = No
>         create mask = 0644
>         guest ok = Yes
>         browsable = Yes
>
> [DOCS_MAIL$]
>         comment = DocsOPEN file server for mail
>         path = /docsopen/mail
>         read only = No
>         create mask = 0644
>         guest ok = Yes
>
> [DOCS_DOC$]
>         comment = DocsOPEN file server for docs
>         path = /docsopen/doc
>         read only = No
>         create mask = 0644
>         guest ok = Yes
>
> [DOCS_PUB$]
>         comment = DocsOPEN file server for public
>         path = /docsopen/public
>         read only = No
>         create mask = 0644
>         guest ok = Yes
>
>
>
>
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