Unable to connect to samba server using hostname

[Allen, Michael B (RSCH)]

Ok, then from a machine with Samba installed try:

  nmblookup -U <ipaddress of WINS> <servername>

and then from one of the errant windows clients do:

  nbtstat -A <ipaddress of Samba>

The first command will confirm that the Samba server has indeed successfully registered the server name with WINS. The list of names returned by the second command should contain the proper
servername.

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Chan Jesse-CMC082 [SMTP:meiyamchan at motorola.com]
> Sent:	Monday, November 19, 2001 9:58 PM
> To:	'Allen, Michael B (RSCH)'
> Cc:	smb-clients at lists.samba.org
> Subject:	RE: Unable to connect to samba server using hostname
> 
> yes, the WIN server IP address had been included in the Global Parameter
> settings in smb.conf
> 
> thanks & rgds, 
> Jesse Chan 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Allen, Michael B (RSCH) [mailto:Michael_B_Allen at ml.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 10:53 AM
> To: Chan Jesse-CMC082
> Cc: smb-clients at lists.samba.org
> Subject: RE: Unable to connect to samba server using hostname
> 
> 
> So do you have the ip address of the WINS server in your smb.conf file?
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Chan Jesse-CMC082 [SMTP:meiyamchan at motorola.com]
> > Sent:	Monday, November 19, 2001 9:48 PM
> > To:	'Allen, Michael B (RSCH)'
> > Subject:	RE: Unable to connect to samba server using hostname
> > 
> > Yes, we use WINS and also DNS over here. The NT/Win2K clients have no
> > problems pinging the UNIX Samba server. But when it comes to mapping to
> the
> > shared dirs of the samba server using the servername, it gives the error "
> > The network path cannot be found"
> > 
> > thanks & rgds, 
> > Jesse Chan 
> >  
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Allen, Michael B (RSCH) [mailto:Michael_B_Allen at ml.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 10:43 AM
> > To: Chan Jesse-CMC082; Allen, Michael B (RSCH)
> > Subject: RE: Unable to connect to samba server using hostname
> > 
> > 
> > Ahh. Well ironically my answer is largely the same. This is a simple name
> > resolution problem. Do your clients use WINS? Are they on the same subnet
> as
> > the Samba server? Does the UNIX machine have a
> > fully qualified hostname? Can you:
> > 
> > ping <servername>
> > 
> > ?
> > 
> > Mike
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From:	Chan Jesse-CMC082 [SMTP:meiyamchan at motorola.com]
> > > Sent:	Monday, November 19, 2001 9:29 PM
> > > To:	'Allen, Michael B (RSCH)'; Chan Jesse-CMC082
> > > Subject:	RE: Unable to connect to samba server using hostname
> > > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 	I'm trying to connect to the samba server from an NT/win2K client.
> > > Whenever the user tried to map to the exported folders/directories on
> the
> > > samba server, they are not able to map to the
> > > \\<servername>\<shared_folder_name>.... instead, they have to use
> > > \\<IP_Address>\<shared_folder_name>
> > > 	The servername is the hostname of the UNIX server that is running
> > > samba....
> > > 
> > > thanks & rgds, 
> > > Jesse Chan 
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> > > 
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Allen, Michael B (RSCH) [mailto:Michael_B_Allen at ml.com]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 10:15 AM
> > > To: 'Chan Jesse-CMC082'; smb-clients at lists.samba.org
> > > Subject: RE: Unable to connect to samba server using hostname
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 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 
> > > > 
> > > >