Lars Rasmussen wrote: > On 4/10/06, Paul Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Now, the issue: >> When the XP-based laptop attempts to synchronise its offline files it >> prompts me for a username/password, but the server name in the login >> dialog is PROJECTSRV - the name of the ProjectServer at 10.10.10.4. >> >> I have tried to rectify this by bringing down the ProjectServer, adding >> an ip eth0.alias to the samba PDC of 10.10.10.4 and synchronising the >> laptop. This worked fine. However, when I remove this ip alias and >> bring the ProjectServer back online, the synchronisation error occurs >> again. I've searched the registry on this laptop for 10.10.10.4 and >> PROJECTSRV but have found nothing. >> >> Has this happened to anyone before? How can I reset the laptop's >> synchronisation configuration to only want to synchronise with PHOENIX? > > Paul, > I'd try 2 things: > > 1. run > nbtstat -R > on the laptop. > > 2. Check your wins.dat file on the samba server to see if there is an > outdated entry present with the old IP. If so, comment out/remove the > entry. > My wins.dat is located at /var/lib/samba/wins.dat
You might need to restart samba for this to take effect. Also, on the XP run: ipconfig /flushdns > > -- > Lars -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba