I'm running a Kubuntu Lucid wins client. When I call up my workgroup from dolphin or konqueror I correctly see all the machines on the network. I can access the shared folder by clicking on all the machines but one and see their shared drive(s) in a . If I click on that machine, instead of seeing "problem-server-name" in the address bar I see a blank which then opens up the workgroup display again.
If I enter "problem-server-name" into the address bar I get the same result, it turns blank and I get the workgroup display. On the other hand if i enter the ipaddress rather the name, it correctly displays the share on "problem-server-name" server.
This only occurs on my Kubuntu machine. The wins server running Ubuntu Lucid works properly. My Ubuntu Lucid wins client also works as expected. My windoze 7 laptop and my xp netbook correctly find the machine using "problem-server-name" as well.
nmblookup on kubuntu machine resolves the "problem-server-name", "ipaddress" correctly for "problem-server-name" using the wins server.
If I enter:
nmblookup -U "win-server-name" -R "problem-server-name"
It responds:
querying "problem-server-name" on xx.xx.xx.255
"ipaddress" "problem-server-name"
That should mean that nmbd (or maybe smbd) should be able to resolve the ipaddress but somehow it isn't happening. Checking the smbd and nmbd logs, and running testparm, I don't see anything suspicious.
If I enter "problem-server-name" into the address bar I get the same result, it turns blank and I get the workgroup display. On the other hand if i enter the ipaddress rather the name, it correctly displays the share on "problem-server-name" server.
This only occurs on my Kubuntu machine. The wins server running Ubuntu Lucid works properly. My Ubuntu Lucid wins client also works as expected. My windoze 7 laptop and my xp netbook correctly find the machine using "problem-server-name" as well.
nmblookup on kubuntu machine resolves the "problem-server-name", "ipaddress" correctly for "problem-server-name" using the wins server.
If I enter:
nmblookup -U "win-server-name" -R "problem-server-name"
It responds:
querying "problem-server-name" on xx.xx.xx.255
"ipaddress" "problem-server-name"
That should mean that nmbd (or maybe smbd) should be able to resolve the ipaddress but somehow it isn't happening. Checking the smbd and nmbd logs, and running testparm, I don't see anything suspicious.
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