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

[Jerome Yanga]

Rowland,

I did see those from my searches as well.  However, this samba
configuration worked prior to migrating it to RHEL and into a more current
samba.

regards,
j


On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 2:07 AM, Rowland Penny
<rowlandpenny at googlemail.com>wrote:

>  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> 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>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
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>   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
>