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

[Jerome Yanga]

Rowland,

Changing the security alone (regardless of removing the socket options or
not...i tested both) resolved the first issue (connecting via hostname).
 However, the second issue is still there.

Just a refresher, here are the two issues issues.
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.

regards,
j


On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 8:03 AM, Jerome Yanga <jerome.yanga at gmail.com>wrote:

> Rowland,
>
> I shall try this and will let you know the outcome.
>
> regards,
> j
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 7:46 AM, Rowland Penny <
> rowlandpenny at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>>  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
>>  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
>>>
>>
>>  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
>>
>
>