I believe this is the issue I am also experimenting. My problem seems very close to the following bug: http://www.mail-archive.com/samba@lists.samba.org/msg103373.html
I can access my VM fine using its name (ie \\samba-2) but get prompted for username and password if I try one of its netbios aliases. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to samba in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/701886 Title: no Access to SAMBA Server from Windows ADS -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs