Hi, please verify the workings through connecting on IP. You should also check logfiles and try the login from another workstation.
CIFS is the protocol used since XP/2K3 and NetBIOS is just plain old... I use a plain simple smb config here and connect to a public share using cifs and the dns name of my fileserver without any problems (so no need for that modified etc/master). regards On Sun, 2009-01-18 at 22:40 +0100, Nils Østbjerg wrote: > Hi all > > I ran in to a strange problem when trying to setup a 4.8rc5 ua server. > > My "ntinstall" samba server cannot, for diffent reasons, be accessed > via its dns name. It have to be access via the NetBIOS name. > > When using mount.cifs I get this error: > > ***Trying mount.cifs \\ntinstall\install /z -o username=gu est,ro > mount error: could not find target server. TCP name ntinstall/install not > found > > I modified "/etc/master" so it behaves like it did in 4.7 and tried > smbmount first. That works like it should, I was wondering why 4.8rc5 > use mount.cifs exclusivly? > > Are cifs more effecient then smb or ? > > Also, is there a reason why we use DNS name resolution instead of > NetBIOS? > > Patrick wrote someting about it back in 2004 > > http://www.mail-archive.com/unattended-i...@lists.sourceforge.net/msg02260.html > > but I dont think he got around to changing it. > > Personally I think it is better to use NetBIOS name resolution since it > is what Windows will use, so if there is a confict between NetBIOS and > DNS it will behave the same before installation and after. > > I was looking into how to change enable NetBIOS name resolution, but so > far I havent got it to work. I'll try again tomorrow to see if I can > figure out how to hack the Makefile. > > > Nils > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ unattended-devel mailing list unattended-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-devel
