On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 10:57 PM, Harry Jede <walk2...@arcor.de> wrote: > Use "netbios name" instead of "netbios aliases"
Thanks Harry, that would certainly make sense, although I do have it in my smb.conf.master ----snip--------- # grep netbios smb.conf.master netbios name = TEST netbios aliases = TESTSRV ----snip--------- It appears that when I do a "testparm -s smb.conf.master > smb.conf" that netbios name is getting stripped but there is no indication as to why, and it looks like it is not getting read if I add it manually to smb.conf: ----snip--------- # testparm -s smb.conf.master > smb.conf Load smb config files from smb.conf.master rlimit_max: increasing rlimit_max (1024) to minimum Windows limit (16384) Processing section "[homes]" Processing section "[netlogon]" Global parameter logon script found in service section! Processing section "[Profiles]" Loaded services file OK. Server role: ROLE_DOMAIN_PDC ----snip--------- Some additional information that my be helpful to anyone who might be able to assist in troubleshooting:: output of smbclient -L (same results for both nbname and nbalias) ----snip--------- # smbclient -L //TEST Enter root's password: Domain=[TESTDOMAIN] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.5.8] Sharename Type Comment --------- ---- ------- IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba 3.5.8) root Disk Home Directories Domain=[TESTDOMAIN] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.5.8] Server Comment --------- ------- TEST Samba 3.5.8 WRKSTN TESTSRV Samba 3.5.8 Workgroup Master --------- ------- TESTMDOMAIN TEST INTERNAL TESTSRV WORKGROUP USERNAME ----snip--------- Server hostname ----snip--------- # more /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost 10.1.0.10 test.testdomain test ----snip--------- both smbd and nmbd are running ----snip--------- # ps aux | grep mbd root 2319 0.0 0.0 9132 1056 pts/1 S+ 13:24 0:00 grep --color=auto mbd root 21792 0.0 0.1 89776 5296 ? Ss Oct04 0:00 smbd -F root 21796 0.0 0.0 89776 2000 ? S Oct04 0:00 smbd -F root 21804 0.0 0.0 61884 2276 ? Ss Oct04 0:04 nmbd -D ----snip--------- ~ jan -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba