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12-11-2007, 02:10 PM
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Registered: Nov 2007
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Samba server not browseable on network
I can get to the Samba server by \\IP Address, but I can't get to it by \\SERVER NAME. I am not running a firewall and am using dnsmasq for a DNS forward caching. Everything works fine except that I cannot connect by the server name without adding it the the hosts file on the client pc. I don't know what I am missing, but I'm sure it easy. Thanks in advance.
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12-11-2007, 03:02 PM
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Registered: Mar 2004
Location: Cary, NC, USA
Distribution: Fedora, Kubuntu, RedHat, CentOS, SuSe
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What is the output of "nslookup servername" on a client w/o the entry in the hosts file? I'm guessing that your caching name server isn't serving up the extra name.
Let us know
Forrest
Last edited by forrestt; 12-11-2007 at 03:03 PM.
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12-11-2007, 05:50 PM
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Here is what I get with nslookup on client. I do not have the lookup in the hosts file either.
> server
Server: Server
Address: 192.168.1.100
*** Server can't find server: Non-existent domain
That is the right address of the server. Thanks.
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12-12-2007, 12:17 AM
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12-12-2007, 03:16 PM
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That did it. Thanks..
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12-12-2007, 03:54 PM
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Glad I could point you in the right direction.
Forrest
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