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

[Rowland Penny]

On 10/10/13 15:31, Jerome Yanga wrote:
> 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 <http://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 <mailto: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
>>     <mailto: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
>
>
OK, try changing 'security = DOMAIN' to 'security = ADS' and remove the 
'socket options' line, join the machine to the domain and try again. 
 From my reading of man smb.conf 'security = DOMAIN' only works against 
a NT  domain.

Rowland