[Samba] (SOLVED ) you have been logged on with a temporary profile_win7, client+samba 4+WinServ2012

[Rowland Penny]

On 17/06/15 14:20, Yanni wrote:
> Hi
>
> Yes you are right it is a workaround but the reason is not resolvable 
> at the moment is because Samba server is not registered in our DNS 
> yet. I believe once a DNS entry is created, I will be able to use the 
> name instead of the IP in the user's profile path.
>
> On 17/06/15 13:18, L.P.H. van Belle wrote:
>> yes, agree Rowland, and he added 1 extra problem.
>>
>> Kerberos auth, does not work right if you dont use the hostname (best 
>> in fqdn )
>> for the server it may work, but other things maybe not.
>>
>> for example, if you install also a squid proxy and you want to use 
>> kerberos auth.
>> you must use the FQDN of the host in your browser to get it working.
>> and thats just 1 example.
>>
>> It better you fix your dns and setup correctly.
>> and.. if you dont know how, just ask the list, you learn from it. ;-)
>>
>> Greetz,
>>
>> Louis
>>
>>
>>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>>> Van: rowlandpenny at googlemail.com
>>> [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] Namens Rowland Penny
>>> Verzonden: woensdag 17 juni 2015 14:05
>>> Aan: samba at lists.samba.org
>>> Onderwerp: Re: [Samba] (SOLVED ) you have been logged on with
>>> a temporary profile_win7, client+samba 4+WinServ2012
>>>
>>> On 17/06/15 10:16, Yanni wrote:
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> I got help from someone in the #Samba channel. It turned out that
>>>> my Samba Server (JIMMY) was not resolving. DNS was not aware of him.
>>>> So the suggestion was to use the "netbios name = JIMMY" in
>>> my smb.conf
>>>> and
>>>> in the user's "profile tab" enter the path using jimmy's IP.
>>>> \\IP\disk1\profs
>>>> That did the trick. Thank you everyone for your time and help.
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks
>>>> Yanni
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Sorry, but in my opinion, you have not solved the problem, you have
>>> worked around it. You seem to have dns problems, 'JIMMY' should be
>>> resolvable by hostname.
>>>
>>> Rowland
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>

And there is your problem, Why is 'JIMMY' not registered in your dns? I 
take it that your windows DC is not running as a dns server, half the 
problems on here seem to boil down to mis-configured dns.

Rowland