[Samba] Windows won't recognize hostname of server

[sato x]

Hi....

Was your nmb service running? Please start it and try again. To make your
windows automatically check for netbios name in wins server, please
configure your network options (in tcp/ip) to include wins server ip
address.

Regards,

sato

On 3/21/07, Don.Walters at falconjet.com <Don.Walters at falconjet.com> wrote:
>
> > Last time you posted your smb.conf it included the line
> > wins server = <censored>
> >
> > So, not knowing the ip address of your WINS server I suggested you try
> > nmblookup -R -U ipaddr.of.wins.server mis001
> >
> > I thought you'd realize for ipaddr.of.wins.server you where supposed
> to
> > type in the ip address of your WINS server.
> >
> > Today when you posted your smb.conf you've got the line
> > wins server = 192.161.200.1
> >
> > What happens when you issue the following command?
> >
> > nmblookup -R -U 192.161.200.1 mis001
>
>
> I'm really sorry.  That was quite a foolish mistake on my part.  Clearly
> I have too much to do... so much that I'm not investing enough thought
> in what I'm doing anymore.
>
> I tried running the command from various machines but I always get the
> same answer...
>
> name_query failed to find name mis001
>
> I also have found out there is another samba server on our network.
> Running the same command with its hostname instead of mine renders the
> same result.  That server is version 2.2.12 running on AIX 5.
>
> Here is the config on that machine...
>
> [global]
>         workgroup = DFJ
>         netbios name = DFJ250
>         server string = Samba srvdfj250
>         security = SERVER
>         encrypt passwords = Yes
>         password server = lr-dc01
>         username map = /usr/local/samba/lib/username.map
>         log file = /local/samba/var/log.%U
>         max log size = 50
>         name resolve order = wins bcast host
>         load printers = No
>         character set = ISO8859-1
>         wins server = 192.161.200.1
>         create mask = 0777
>         directory mask = 0777
>         follow symlinks = No
>
> I have looked closely at its config file and even tried using elements
> from it in my own config file, but its not helping.  If anyone has any
> suggestions of what I may want to try, I'd be happy to hear them.  But
> the conclusion I am reaching is that I need to install another version
> of Samba and maybe this will resolve itself.
>
> One final thing...  I was looking at my log files and I noticed that
> clients on the same subnet as my server are being logged as their
> hostname, while clients connecting from different subnets are logged as
> their IP address.  I don't know if this because name resolution isn't
> working too well, or if this is normal behavior.
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