smbclient gives ERROR_NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME

jjge · 03-25-2009, 05:37 AM

I am trying to give a popup from my Samba server to a Win XP Pro client.

It is logged in as machine lmxp025 (visible in smbstatus) but if I try:

echo "message" | smbclient -U username -M lmxp025

I get Failed to connect to lmxp025. ERROR_NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME

How should I call this machine? I prefixed it with he domainname, and I tried a few backslashes, to no avail, so far

jjge · 03-26-2009, 05:15 AM

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Originally Posted by jjge

I am trying to give a popup from my Samba server to a Win XP Pro client.

I found it already! Messenger service was turned off, and it should be ON. The error message is misleading, as usual for Microsoft.