** Summary changed:
- winxp discovery fail when machine name truncated at 15 chars
+ winxp discovery fails when machine name truncated at 15 chars
** Description changed:
Binary package hint: samba
OS: Ubuntu 9.04
- Package version: samba 3.3.2-1ubuntu3.1
+ Packages versions: samba 3.3.2-1ubuntu3.1
Description:
I've set up a default samba share using nautilus (right click on a folder).
Discovering it and browsing it from ubuntu (using Places -> Network -> Windows
Network) works. However, from a windows xp machine, the discovery fails. I can
see the computer in its group, but any attempt to contact it gives me a the
regular error message, check you got the right permissions etc.
I found that the issue comes from the samba machine's name, which is
"philippe-desktop". In /var/log/samba/log.nmbd:
[2009/08/04 16:19:29, 0] nmbd/nmbd_nameregister.c:register_name(483)
register_name: NetBIOS name PHILIPPE-DESKTOP is too long. Truncating to
PHILIPPE-DESKTO
Browsing \\PHILIPPE-DESKTO\ from the windows xp machine works, but not
\\PHILIPPE-DESKTOP\. However, the discovery listing offers the
- untruncated machine name, which is unreachable.
+ untruncated machine name, which is unreachable. The names can not be
+ resolved using DNS, there is not any DNS server on the network. I don't
+ know if the problem comes from windows, smbd or nmbd, but I guess it's a
+ bug.
- Workaround: Using a machine name with less than 16 chars resolves the
+ Workaround: Using a machine name with less than 16 chars avoid the
problem.
--
winxp discovery fails when machine name truncated at 15 chars
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/408948
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.
--
ubuntu-bugs mailing list
ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
