Can connect to smb://192.168.0.112/share but not smb://NYS/share

In Konqueror I get an error if I try to browse the windows network.
The error is that the network is unreachable.

However while at the smb:// prompt I can type
smb://192.168.0.112/ShareName and pull up a windows share on this
machine fine. However if I try and enter smb://NYW/Sharename to
connect to the same share it just hangs (NYW is the computer at
192.168.0.112)

I am not sure if this is an issue with my samba config file(the server
side of samba works fine, I can access the linux shares from windows
fine) or if this is an error with my network configuration.

I think this might be a netbios issue. If I ping "NYW" I get "unknown
host NYW." However if I ping "NYW.JJ.COM" I get a response. I am
thinking that I need to resolve that first. Is that correct? If so
how do I fix this so that it either appends my domain name to all DNS
lookups or uses netbios to find the machine.

I included a copy of the top of my smb.conf just in case the problem
lies there.

Rich
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# smb.conf is the main Samba configuration file. You find a full
commented
# version at /usr/share/doc/packages/samba/examples/smb.conf.SuSE
# Date: 2004-04-06
[global]
workgroup = JJ
interfaces = 127.0.0.1 eth0
bind interfaces only = yes
printer admin = @ntadmin, root, administrator
map to guest = Bad User
security = server
password server = NYS
server string = Samba Serv
domain master = no
local master = no
restrict anonymous = no
preferred master = no
max protocol = NT
ldap ssl = No
server signing = Auto


[homes]
comment = Home Directories
valid users = %S
read only = no
msdfs proxy = no
browseable = no

[users]
comment = All users
read only = no
inherit permissions = yes
veto files = /aquota.user/groups/shares/
msdfs proxy = no

[groups]
comment = All groups
path = /home/groups
read only = no
inherit permissions = yes
msdfs proxy = no

[pdf]
comment = PDF creator
path = /var/tmp
printable = yes
print command = /usr/bin/smbprngenpdf -J '%J' -c %c -s %s -u '%u' -z
%z
create mask = 0600

[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/tmp
printable = yes
create mask = 0600
browseable = no

[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /var/lib/samba/drivers
write list = @ntadmin root
force group = ntadmin
create mask = 0664
directory mask = 0775

Rich wrote:

> In Konqueror I get an error if I try to browse the windows network.
> The error is that the network is unreachable.
>
> However while at the smb:// prompt I can type
> smb://192.168.0.112/ShareName and pull up a windows share on this
> machine fine. However if I try and enter smb://NYW/Sharename to
> connect to the same share it just hangs (NYW is the computer at
> 192.168.0.112)
>
> I am not sure if this is an issue with my samba config file(the server
> side of samba works fine, I can access the linux shares from windows
> fine) or if this is an error with my network configuration.
>
> I think this might be a netbios issue. If I ping "NYW" I get "unknown
> host NYW." However if I ping "NYW.JJ.COM" I get a response. I am
> thinking that I need to resolve that first. Is that correct? If so
> how do I fix this so that it either appends my domain name to all DNS
> lookups or uses netbios to find the machine.
>
> I included a copy of the top of my smb.conf just in case the problem
> lies there.
>
> Rich
> --------------
> # smb.conf is the main Samba configuration file. You find a full
> commented
> # version at /usr/share/doc/packages/samba/examples/smb.conf.SuSE
> # Date: 2004-04-06
> [global]
> workgroup = JJ
> interfaces = 127.0.0.1 eth0
> bind interfaces only = yes
> printer admin = @ntadmin, root, administrator
> map to guest = Bad User
> security = server
> password server = NYS
> server string = Samba Serv
> domain master = no
> local master = no
> restrict anonymous = no
> preferred master = no
> max protocol = NT
> ldap ssl = No
> server signing = Auto
>
>
> [homes]
> comment = Home Directories
> valid users = %S
> read only = no
> msdfs proxy = no
> browseable = no
>
> [users]
> comment = All users
> read only = no
> inherit permissions = yes
> veto files = /aquota.user/groups/shares/
> msdfs proxy = no
>
> [groups]
> comment = All groups
> path = /home/groups
> read only = no
> inherit permissions = yes
> msdfs proxy = no
>
> [pdf]
> comment = PDF creator
> path = /var/tmp
> printable = yes
> print command = /usr/bin/smbprngenpdf -J '%J' -c %c -s %s -u '%u' -z
> %z
> create mask = 0600
>
> [printers]
> comment = All Printers
> path = /var/tmp
> printable = yes
> create mask = 0600
> browseable = no
>
> [print$]
> comment = Printer Drivers
> path = /var/lib/samba/drivers
> write list = @ntadmin root
> force group = ntadmin
> create mask = 0664
> directory mask = 0775
Hi,

are you using SuSE9.1? If so, there is a bug in the Yast module which
configures the smbclient. In this case, open yast>network>sambaclient and
enter a WRONG workgroup name. This will make you able to browse the Windows
shares in konqueror.
Else:
try smbclient -L 192.168.0.112
and see what your box thinks, the Netbios name of NYS is.

Regards, Alex

Rich wrote:
> In Konqueror I get an error if I try to browse the windows network.
> The error is that the network is unreachable.
>
> However while at the smb:// prompt I can type
> smb://192.168.0.112/ShareName and pull up a windows share on this
> machine fine. However if I try and enter smb://NYW/Sharename to
> connect to the same share it just hangs (NYW is the computer at
> 192.168.0.112)
>
> I am not sure if this is an issue with my samba config file(the server
> side of samba works fine, I can access the linux shares from windows
> fine) or if this is an error with my network configuration.
>
> I think this might be a netbios issue. If I ping "NYW" I get "unknown
> host NYW." However if I ping "NYW.JJ.COM" I get a response. I am
> thinking that I need to resolve that first. Is that correct? If so
> how do I fix this so that it either appends my domain name to all DNS
> lookups or uses netbios to find the machine.
>
> I included a copy of the top of my smb.conf just in case the problem
> lies there.
>
> Rich

The netbios names mapped to ip, can be set in the file /etc/lmhosts
otherwise NYW needs to be resolved by a broadcast over the network, and
this is a bit tricky and depends on you other systems too.
setting the domain to jj.com should help to ping NYW
oww and Alex's "smbclient -L localhost" should show you the workgroup
and who is the master on your network.

goodluck jan