[Samba] Windows 2008 Standard SP2 cannot access samba share by hostname but ok with IP
Rowland Penny
rowlandpenny at googlemail.com
Fri Oct 11 03:07:26 MDT 2013
On 10/10/13 22:20, Jerome Yanga wrote:
> Rowland,
>
> Indeed, we are a step closer. Thanks, to you. :)
>
> Moreover, thank you for more info regarding the socket option. I
> shall keep it off our config.
>
> Regarding the files being copied, it is just a drag and drop from any
> systems that didn't used to have the hostname issue to any of the
> samba shares.
>
> Through further testing,I find that if i comment out the following
> settings, the second issue disappears. However, it kinda confuses me
> that this resolves the issue when by definition it should have
> improved performance. Moreover, I am concerned about turning this off
> because many people in our organization uses scripts to perform copies
> from one system to one or more shares.
>
> oplocks = No
> level2 oplocks = No
>
> regards,
> j
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Rowland Penny
> <rowlandpenny at googlemail.com <mailto:rowlandpenny at googlemail.com>> wrote:
>
> On 10/10/13 20:04, Jerome Yanga wrote:
>> 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 <mailto: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
>> <mailto: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 <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
>>
>>
>>
> Hi, well one step closer then ;-)
>
> You do not need the socket options line anymore, that is the only
> reason I said to remove it.
>
> Is there anything special about the file you are trying to copy ?
> i.e. where is it coming from.
>
> Rowland
>
>
HI Jerome, '0x80070021' is a windows error and the most likely cause
would seem to be trying to copy a users .pst file whilst outlook is
still running, try doing a web search on the error.
Rowland
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