Thanks Steve, That's fixed it for me (Setting /etc/samba/smb.conf to: name resolve order = lmhosts wins bcast host).
I had previously thought that adding the value "wins" in the line in /etc/nsswitch.conf as suggested by va9rant had fixed it, and it had, but it also stopped the network drives mounted in /etc/fstab from mounting, as they stopped being able to be resolved (despite being on the same server as the one I was having trouble manualy mounting). Anyway, thanks Steve Andy -- Connect to smb server by name doesn't work, but by IP address does https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/235560 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
