From: delpheye on
On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 5:57 PM, <tms3(a)tms3.com> wrote:

>
>
> SNIP
>
> NetBIOS Names Resolved By Broadcast
> ------------------------------------------
> DOMAIN.COM <1C>
> DOMAIN-FS
> DOMAIN.COM <1C>
> DOMAIN.COM <1C>
> DOMAIN-FS
> DOMAIN.COM <1C>
>
> DOMAIN.COM is a bad netbios name. I suggest something with 8 letters or
> numbers. Samba 3.x does not use FQDN's.
>

DOMAIN.COM is what I have specified as the workgroup only. the netbios name
in smb.conf is is just the machine's hostname only. Is there somewhere else
I should be looking to change the netbios name?

> nbtstat -RR:
>
> The NetBIOS names registered by this computer have been refreshed.
>
> net use y: \\domain-fs\business
> Enter the user name for 'domain-fs': username
> Enter the password for domain-fs: xxxxxx
> System error 64 has occurred.
>
> The specified network name is no longer available.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>>
>> Matt
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 06/22/2010 04:24 PM, delpheye wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Gaiseric Vandal <
>> gaiseric.vandal(a)gmail.com <mailto:gaiseric.vandal(a)gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 06/22/2010 01:55 PM, John Drescher wrote:
>>
>> "An error occurred while reconnecting Z: to
>> \\domain-fs\business
>> Microsoft Windows Network: The specified network name is
>> no longer available
>> This connection has not been restored."
>>
>>
>> Looks like a browsing problem to me. Try to reconnect using ip
>> address
>> instead of name.
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>> Are you using WINS? I find that makes a lot of issues go away.
>>
>>
>> I have wins support enabled in Samba and the following lines in
>> nsswitch.conf:
>>
>> debug 1
>>
>> passwd: files ldap
>> shadow: files ldap
>> group: files ldap
>> hosts: files wins dns
>> bootparams: files
>> ethers: files
>> netmasks: files
>> networks: files
>> protocols: files
>> rpc: files
>> services: files
>> netgroup: files ldap
>> publickey: files
>> automount: files ldap
>> aliases: files
>>
>> Is that all there is to enabling WINS?
>>
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From: John H Terpstra on
On 06/23/2010 07:50 PM, delpheye wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 5:57 PM, <tms3(a)tms3.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> SNIP
>>
>> NetBIOS Names Resolved By Broadcast
>> ------------------------------------------
>> DOMAIN.COM <1C>
>> DOMAIN-FS
>> DOMAIN.COM <1C>
>> DOMAIN.COM <1C>
>> DOMAIN-FS
>> DOMAIN.COM <1C>
>>
>> DOMAIN.COM is a bad netbios name. I suggest something with 8 letters or
>> numbers. Samba 3.x does not use FQDN's.
>>
>
> DOMAIN.COM is what I have specified as the workgroup only. the netbios name
> in smb.conf is is just the machine's hostname only. Is there somewhere else
> I should be looking to change the netbios name?

Wrong! Both the machine _AND_ the workgroup name are NetBIOS names.

- John T.

>
>> nbtstat -RR:
>>
>> The NetBIOS names registered by this computer have been refreshed.
>>
>> net use y: \\domain-fs\business
>> Enter the user name for 'domain-fs': username
>> Enter the password for domain-fs: xxxxxx
>> System error 64 has occurred.
>>
>> The specified network name is no longer available.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Matt
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 06/22/2010 04:24 PM, delpheye wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Gaiseric Vandal <
>>> gaiseric.vandal(a)gmail.com <mailto:gaiseric.vandal(a)gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 06/22/2010 01:55 PM, John Drescher wrote:
>>>
>>> "An error occurred while reconnecting Z: to
>>> \\domain-fs\business
>>> Microsoft Windows Network: The specified network name is
>>> no longer available
>>> This connection has not been restored."
>>>
>>>
>>> Looks like a browsing problem to me. Try to reconnect using ip
>>> address
>>> instead of name.
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>>
>>> Are you using WINS? I find that makes a lot of issues go away.
>>>
>>>
>>> I have wins support enabled in Samba and the following lines in
>>> nsswitch.conf:
>>>
>>> debug 1
>>>
>>> passwd: files ldap
>>> shadow: files ldap
>>> group: files ldap
>>> hosts: files wins dns
>>> bootparams: files
>>> ethers: files
>>> netmasks: files
>>> networks: files
>>> protocols: files
>>> rpc: files
>>> services: files
>>> netgroup: files ldap
>>> publickey: files
>>> automount: files ldap
>>> aliases: files
>>>
>>> Is that all there is to enabling WINS?
>>>
>>>
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From: delpheye on
On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 9:32 PM, John H Terpstra <jht(a)samba.org> wrote:

> On 06/23/2010 07:50 PM, delpheye wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 5:57 PM, <tms3(a)tms3.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> SNIP
> >>
> >> NetBIOS Names Resolved By Broadcast
> >> ------------------------------------------
> >> DOMAIN.COM <1C>
> >> DOMAIN-FS
> >> DOMAIN.COM <1C>
> >> DOMAIN.COM <1C>
> >> DOMAIN-FS
> >> DOMAIN.COM <1C>
> >>
> >> DOMAIN.COM is a bad netbios name. I suggest something with 8 letters
> or
> >> numbers. Samba 3.x does not use FQDN's.
> >>
> >
> > DOMAIN.COM is what I have specified as the workgroup only. the netbios
> name
> > in smb.conf is is just the machine's hostname only. Is there somewhere
> else
> > I should be looking to change the netbios name?
>
> Wrong! Both the machine _AND_ the workgroup name are NetBIOS names.
>
> - John T.
>

I changed the workgroup name from domain.com to domain, but that didn't
alter the results of trying to map the share without restarting samba.

>
> >
> >> nbtstat -RR:
> >>
> >> The NetBIOS names registered by this computer have been refreshed.
> >>
> >> net use y: \\domain-fs\business
> >> Enter the user name for 'domain-fs': username
> >> Enter the password for domain-fs: xxxxxx
> >> System error 64 has occurred.
> >>
> >> The specified network name is no longer available.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Matt
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 06/22/2010 04:24 PM, delpheye wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Gaiseric Vandal <
> >>> gaiseric.vandal(a)gmail.com <mailto:gaiseric.vandal(a)gmail.com>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 06/22/2010 01:55 PM, John Drescher wrote:
> >>>
> >>> "An error occurred while reconnecting Z: to
> >>> \\domain-fs\business
> >>> Microsoft Windows Network: The specified network name is
> >>> no longer available
> >>> This connection has not been restored."
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Looks like a browsing problem to me. Try to reconnect using ip
> >>> address
> >>> instead of name.
> >>>
> >>> John
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Are you using WINS? I find that makes a lot of issues go away.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I have wins support enabled in Samba and the following lines in
> >>> nsswitch.conf:
> >>>
> >>> debug 1
> >>>
> >>> passwd: files ldap
> >>> shadow: files ldap
> >>> group: files ldap
> >>> hosts: files wins dns
> >>> bootparams: files
> >>> ethers: files
> >>> netmasks: files
> >>> networks: files
> >>> protocols: files
> >>> rpc: files
> >>> services: files
> >>> netgroup: files ldap
> >>> publickey: files
> >>> automount: files ldap
> >>> aliases: files
> >>>
> >>> Is that all there is to enabling WINS?
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>> the
> >>> instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
> >>>
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