[Samba] Windows boxes cannot find the file server

2012-09-03 Thread steve
Hi I have a Samba4 AD running samba and a Samba3 machine joined to the domain as a file server. I have smbd and winbind running on the samba3 box. Samba4: hh30.hh3.site Samba3: hh32.hh3.site I can browse the shares (netlogon and sysvol) on the S4 machine by typing \\hh30 into explorer but if

Re: [Samba] Windows boxes cannot find the file server

2012-09-03 Thread Rowland Penny
On 03/09/12 08:41, steve wrote: Hi I have a Samba4 AD running samba and a Samba3 machine joined to the domain as a file server. I have smbd and winbind running on the samba3 box. Samba4: hh30.hh3.site Samba3: hh32.hh3.site I can browse the shares (netlogon and sysvol) on the S4 machine by

Re: [Samba] Windows boxes cannot find the file server [SOLVED]

2012-09-03 Thread steve
On 03/09/12 10:46, Rowland Penny wrote: On 03/09/12 08:41, steve wrote: How do the clients get their ipaddresses? are they fixed or supplied by DHCP? what nameserver are they pointed at? does this nameserver know about hh32? Hi Rowland. Hi everyone Your reply gave me the clue I needed.

Re: [Samba] Windows boxes cannot find the file server [SOLVED]

2012-09-03 Thread Rowland Penny
On 03/09/12 10:37, steve wrote: On 03/09/12 10:46, Rowland Penny wrote: On 03/09/12 08:41, steve wrote: How do the clients get their ipaddresses? are they fixed or supplied by DHCP? what nameserver are they pointed at? does this nameserver know about hh32? Hi Rowland. Hi everyone Your

Re: [Samba] Windows boxes cannot find the file server [SOLVED]

2012-09-03 Thread steve
On 03/09/12 11:56, Rowland Penny wrote: On 03/09/12 10:37, steve wrote: On 03/09/12 10:46, Rowland Penny wrote: On 03/09/12 08:41, steve wrote: Hi Steve, I cheat , my ddns server is running on my Samba4 server ;-) Rowland Hi Rowland Well, that's better than us. I use our