Samba connects @ localhost but not @ netbios name

biglaz · 10-19-2004, 12:34 AM

I'm setting up a samba server on redhat 9. The problem is, I can login using the path as //localhost, but not as //server ('server' is the netbios name).

Code:

smbclient -L //localhost -U myuser
Password:
Domain=[SERVER] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.7]

        Sharename       Type      Comment
        ---------       ----      -------
        Test            Disk      Test Dir
        IPC$            IPC       IPC Service (Samba Server)
        ADMIN$          IPC       IPC Service (Samba Server)
        myuser         Disk      Home Directories
Domain=[SERVER] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.7]

        Server               Comment
        ---------            -------

        Workgroup            Master
        ---------            -------
        HOME                 SERVER

Code:

smbclient -L //server -U myuser
Password:
tree connect failed: Call returned zero bytes (EOF)

Does anyone know why this would happen?

Thanks

emailssent · 10-19-2004, 02:54 AM

Try putting ip address in it instead of name.

-jack

biglaz · 10-19-2004, 10:08 AM

Same results.

emailssent · 10-19-2004, 11:13 AM

Try adding '127.0.0.1' to your hosts allow

biglaz · 10-19-2004, 12:45 PM

Ahh, I figured it out. It was the "hosts allow," even though I thought I set it already.

In my smbd.log I saw this:

Code:

[2004/10/19 12:32:53, 3] lib/access.c:check_access(313)
  check_access: no hostnames in host allow/deny list.
[2004/10/19 12:32:53, 0] lib/access.c:check_access(328)
  Denied connection from  (173.221.0.2)
[2004/10/19 12:32:53, 1] smbd/process.c:process_smb(1085)
  Connection denied from 173.221.0.2

So after staring at my config file for 5 minutes, I realized the typo in this line:
hosts allow = 173.221.0 127.

It should be:
hosts allow = 173.221.0. 127.

Stupid mistake... :p
Thanks for the help!

Now if I could just get the windows machines to connect...lol

biglaz · 10-19-2004, 01:22 PM

nevermind.