Hi there, Since upgrading our debian sarge boxes to 3.0.23c, we have found that we are unable to connect to shares using the official hostname of the servers (short or fully qualified) but can still use its netbios aliases (again, short or fully qualified). As nothing else has changed in our configuration, I think that the change of behaviour is down to the newer release and can find nothing in the release notes that would indicate that we have to add any new settings into smb.conf.
Anyone else seen this and have any solutions? Configuration is Debian Sarge with samba supplied samba. Everything fully patched. smb.conf (with names changed to protect the innocent) [global] workgroup = MYWORKGROUP realm = MY.DOMAIN netbios aliases = list, of, aliases security = ADS log level = 2 max log size = 10000 deadtime = 15 preferred master = No wins server = wins0 [homes] read only = No (unspecified values are set to defaults). log.smbd for simple 'net use * \\server\share' [2006/09/12 12:48:01, 0] lib/util_sock.c:get_peer_addr(1229) getpeername failed. Error was Transport endpoint is not connected [2006/09/12 12:48:01, 0] lib/util_sock.c:get_peer_addr(1229) getpeername failed. Error was Transport endpoint is not connected [2006/09/12 12:48:01, 0] lib/access.c:check_access(327) [2006/09/12 12:48:01, 0] lib/util_sock.c:get_peer_addr(1229) getpeername failed. Error was Transport endpoint is not connected Denied connection from (0.0.0.0) [2006/09/12 12:48:01, 1] smbd/process.c:process_smb(1103) [2006/09/12 12:48:01, 0] lib/util_sock.c:get_peer_addr(1229) getpeername failed. Error was Transport endpoint is not connected Connection denied from 0.0.0.0 [2006/09/12 12:48:01, 2] lib/access.c:check_access(323) Allowed connection from (155.245.49.154) [2006/09/12 12:48:01, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_data(562) write_data: write failure in writing to client 155.245.49.154. Error Connection reset by peer [2006/09/12 12:48:01, 0] lib/util_sock.c:send_smb(769) Error writing 5 bytes to client. -1. (Connection reset by peer) [2006/09/12 12:48:01, 2] smbd/sesssetup.c:setup_new_vc_session(799) setup_new_vc_session: New VC == 0, if NT4.x compatible we would close all old resources. [2006/09/12 12:48:01, 1] smbd/sesssetup.c:reply_spnego_kerberos(310) Username CAMPUS\S5037XP$ is invalid on this system [2006/09/12 12:48:01, 2] smbd/sesssetup.c:setup_new_vc_session(799) setup_new_vc_session: New VC == 0, if NT4.x compatible we would close all old resources. [2006/09/12 12:48:01, 1] smbd/sesssetup.c:reply_spnego_kerberos(334) make_server_info_info3 failed: NT_STATUS_NO_SUCH_USER! log.smbd for 'net use \\alias\share' [2006/09/12 12:49:14, 0] lib/util_sock.c:get_peer_addr(1229) getpeername failed. Error was Transport endpoint is not connected [2006/09/12 12:49:14, 0] lib/access.c:check_access(327) [2006/09/12 12:49:14, 0] lib/util_sock.c:get_peer_addr(1229) getpeername failed. Error was Transport endpoint is not connected Denied connection from (0.0.0.0) [2006/09/12 12:49:14, 1] smbd/process.c:process_smb(1103) [2006/09/12 12:49:14, 0] lib/util_sock.c:get_peer_addr(1229) getpeername failed. Error was Transport endpoint is not connected Connection denied from 0.0.0.0 [2006/09/12 12:49:14, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_data(562) write_data: write failure in writing to client 155.245.49.154. Error Connection reset by peer [2006/09/12 12:49:14, 2] lib/access.c:check_access(323) Allowed connection from (155.245.49.154) [2006/09/12 12:49:14, 0] lib/util_sock.c:send_smb(769) Error writing 5 bytes to client. -1. (Connection reset by peer) [2006/09/12 12:49:14, 2] smbd/sesssetup.c:setup_new_vc_session(799) setup_new_vc_session: New VC == 0, if NT4.x compatible we would close all old resources. [2006/09/12 12:49:14, 2] smbd/sesssetup.c:setup_new_vc_session(799) setup_new_vc_session: New VC == 0, if NT4.x compatible we would close all old resources. [2006/09/12 12:49:14, 2] lib/access.c:check_access(323) Allowed connection from (155.245.49.154) [2006/09/12 12:49:14, 2] smbd/reply.c:reply_tcon_and_X(711) Serving IPC$ as a Dfs root [2006/09/12 12:49:14, 2] auth/auth.c:check_ntlm_password(309) check_ntlm_password: authentication for user [bret] -> [bret] -> [bret] succeeded [2006/09/12 12:49:14, 2] lib/access.c:check_access(323) Allowed connection from (155.245.49.154) [2006/09/12 12:49:14, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(941) s5037xp (155.245.49.154) connect to service share initially as user bret (uid=16661, gid=1001) (pid 21647) [2006/09/12 12:49:14, 2] smbd/reply.c:reply_tcon_and_X(711) Serving share as a Dfs root [2006/09/12 12:49:15, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(352) bret opened file desktop.ini read=Yes write=No (numopen=1) [2006/09/12 12:49:15, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(344) bret closed file desktop.ini (numopen=0) [2006/09/12 12:49:15, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(352) bret opened file desktop.ini read=Yes write=No (numopen=1) [2006/09/12 12:49:15, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(344) bret closed file desktop.ini (numopen=0) [2006/09/12 12:49:15, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(352) bret opened file desktop.ini read=Yes write=No (numopen=1) [2006/09/12 12:49:15, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(344) bret closed file desktop.ini (numopen=0) [2006/09/12 12:49:15, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(352) bret opened file desktop.ini read=Yes write=No (numopen=1) [2006/09/12 12:49:25, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(344) bret closed file desktop.ini (numopen=0) [2006/09/12 12:49:25, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(1141) s5037xp (155.245.49.154) closed connection to service share Weird eh! Any solutions? Regards, Bret -- Bret Giddings, Systems Manager, Computing Service, University of Essex Tel: (01206) 872577 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: (01206) 860585 Room 4SW.5.19 -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba