Sean, Could the problem be that I have named the XP machine with a 'First<space>Last' name which is not resolved properly by DNS?
I tried adding the top domain name of the XP machine to Hosts but it did not resolve the problem. Bob -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Sean Estabrooks Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 10:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Printing to an XP printer On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 20:20:13 -0500 "Bob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sean, > > I don't think this is a firewall issue because I was able to get a response > when issuing: > smbclient //XP_computer_IPaddress/print > > The response from the XP machine was: > > Domain=[LAN] os=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager] > tree connect failed:NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME > > This sounds like an XP issue, doesn't it? > > Bob > Hi Bob, Ok, There is a dependence on ip name resolution that is being reported here. You need to make an entry in your /etc/hosts file for the IP address of your XP machine. Also you need to match the name you give to this IP to be the same name as the computer name you've assigned within Windows XP. I seem to recall that the SMB protocol does imbed the machine name in each request itself so getting the packet to the server isn't enough. It must also arrive with the correct machine name. After you update your /etc/hosts file it should work for you. There is a command line option of smbclient that accomplishes the same thing but the best way to do it is to update your hosts file. Good Luck, Sean -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
