On Wednesday 28 January 2009, Benjamin Lewis wrote:
>Jean-Louis Martineau wrote:
>> What do you get if you run:
>> /usr/bin/smbclient '//not.a.host.name/notashare' -U nosuchuser -N -Tx
>> /dev/null
>>
>> Maybe your DNS is slow to return that 'not.a.host.name' is not a valid
>> hostname
>> Check your DNS configuration.
>
>I think it would be a good idea to pick some other name to test with
>since the .name TLD has come into existence. host.name and a.host.name
>both resolve. There's no reason that not.a.host.name couldn't resolve
>someday.
>
>Thanks,
>
>-Ben
Now that makes sense. As Jean-Louis would say, patches to configure.in
welcome. :-)
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