Unable to connect to samba server using hostname

[Allen, Michael B (RSCH)]

You mean the NetBIOS name? The fully qualified DNS name should work. If not do you have 'wins server = <ip address>' in the global section of smb.conf?

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Chan Jesse-CMC082 [SMTP:meiyamchan at motorola.com]
> Sent:	Monday, November 19, 2001 9:09 PM
> To:	'smb-clients at lists.samba.org.'
> Cc:	Chan Jesse-CMC082
> Subject:	Unable to connect to samba server using hostname
> 
> Hi,
> 	I'm currently using samba 2.0.7 & are experiencing problem whereby
> the users cannot connect to the samba server using the hostname. Instead,
> they have to use the servers IP Address instead..... Any idea what kind of
> configuration needs to be done.... It's used on HPUX 10.20 OS
> 
> thanks & rgds, 
> Jesse Chan 
> 
>