[Samba] Windows 2008 Standard SP2 cannot access samba share by hostname but ok with IP

[Jerome Yanga]

Rowland,

Here are the info that you have requested.  I had to change the names a
bit.  :)

The two issues that I am having are as follows:
01)  Windows 2008 Standard servers cannot access the samba shares via the
hostname.
02)  The popup window "Error 0x80070021:  The process cannot access the
file because another process has locked the portion of the file" is
encountered whenever a file is copied into the share.

OS: RHEL 6.4 (32 bit)
Samba version 4.0.0-55

[global]
workgroup = TEST
realm = SAMPLE.COM
netbios aliases = SAMBA1, SAMBA2
server string = Samba Server Version %v
security = DOMAIN
map to guest = Bad Uid
username map = /etc/samba/user_map
syslog = 2
log file = /var/log/samba/samba.log
max log size = 50000
deadtime = 5
max smbd processes = 300
socket options = SO_RCVBUF=32767 SO_SNDBUF=32767 TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY
IPTOS_THROUGHPUT
load printers = No
printcap name = /dev/null
disable spoolss = Yes
show add printer wizard = No
os level = 1
local master = No
browse list = No
wins server = 10.1.1.1
host msdfs = No
idmap config * : backend = tdb
printing = bsd
cups options = raw
print command = lpr -r -P'%p' %s
lpq command = lpq -P'%p'
lprm command = lprm -P'%p' %j
oplocks = No
level2 oplocks = No

[nfs_share1]
        path = /net/server1/nfs_share1
        read only = No

regards,
j



On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 7:14 AM, Rowland Penny
<rowlandpenny at googlemail.com>wrote:

>  On 10/10/13 15:02, Jerome Yanga wrote:
>
> Stephane,
>
>  NetBIOS is set to Default.
>
>  Rowland,
>
>  The DNS works on the Windows 2008 server.  I can ping the hostname of my
> RHEL machine from the windows server.
>
>  regards,
> j
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 2:40 AM, Rowland Penny <
> rowlandpenny at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>>  On 09/10/13 18:04, Jerome Yanga wrote:
>>
>>> Has anyone seen this situation?
>>>
>>> My Windows 2008 Standard SP2 x86_64 cannot access my samba share using
>>> \\<hostname> but connects properly when connecting to it by
>>> \\<host_ip_address>.
>>>
>>> regards,
>>> j
>>>
>>  This sounds like a DNS problem, can you ping <hostname> from the
>> windows 2008 server ?
>>
>> rowland
>>
>
>  OK, what version of samba are you using on your RHEL machine ? and could
> you please post your smb.conf.
>
> Rowland
>