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Thomas Schulz

2015-Feb-26 01:39 UTC

[Samba] Workgroup name too long

>> From: Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net>
>> To: samba at lists.samba.org
>> Date: 02/25/2015 02:52 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Samba] Workgroup name too long
>> Sent by: samba-bounces at lists.samba.org
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Am 25.02.2015 um 22:48 schrieb Miguel Medalha:
>>>> I have searched for this and the solutions I found were for
instances
>>>> where the workgroup name *was* too long.  However, my workgroup
name
> is
>>>> *not* too long.  The spaces between PEGASUS and ^[ are part of
the
>>>> message, I did not add them.  If you count them there are 16
total
>>>> including ending ^[.  I can't figure out where the spaces
are coming
>>> from.
>>>>   This is the same for every Samba server.  Each machine will
show
> this
>>>> message for the other servers but not itself.  MachineA will
show
> message
>>>> for B and C, but not A.  MachineB will show message for A and C
but
> not B.
>>>
>>> I can count 17 characters...
>> 
>> here you go:
>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1175710#c10
> 
> I understand the limit is 15.  However, in the case I included, the count 
> is only 7.
> I did *not* add the spaces nor the ending character (I assume it is some 
> control
> character).  The line below is straight from smb.conf
> 
> workgroup = pegasus

I wonder if perhaps there is a control character at the end of that line
that does not show up if you print it out. Try deleting that line and then
typing it back in.
> All the machines I am referring to are Fedora.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
>> 
>>> According to Microsoft:
>>>
>>> "The NetBIOS naming convention allows for 16 characters in a
NetBIOS
> name.
>>> Microsoft, however, limits NetBIOS names to 15 characters and uses
the
>>> 16th character as a NetBIOS suffix. "
>>>
>>> and
>>>
>>> "All NetBIOS names are 16 characters in length. A NetBIOS
suffix is
> the
>>> 16th character of the 16-character NetBIOS name. The NetBIOS suffix
is
>>> used by Microsoft Networking software to identify functionality 
> installed
>>> on the registered device. "
>>>
>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/163409
>>>
>>> Names are padded with spaces to 15 bytes, plus the NetBIOS suffix
in
> the
>>> 16th byte
Tom Schulz
Applied Dynamics Intl.
schulz at adi.com

durwin at mgtsciences.com

2015-Feb-26 15:54 UTC

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[Samba] Workgroup name too long

> From: schulz at adi.com (Thomas Schulz)
> To: durwin at mgtsciences.com, h.reindl at thelounge.net, 
samba at lists.samba.org> Date: 02/25/2015 07:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Workgroup name too long
> 
> >> From: Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net>
> >> To: samba at lists.samba.org
> >> Date: 02/25/2015 02:52 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [Samba] Workgroup name too long
> >> Sent by: samba-bounces at lists.samba.org
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Am 25.02.2015 um 22:48 schrieb Miguel Medalha:
> >>>> I have searched for this and the solutions I found were
for
instances> >>>> where the workgroup name *was* too long.  However, my
workgroup
name > > is
> >>>> *not* too long.  The spaces between PEGASUS and ^[ are
part of the
> >>>> message, I did not add them.  If you count them there are
16 total
> >>>> including ending ^[.  I can't figure out where the
spaces are
coming> >>> from.
> >>>>   This is the same for every Samba server.  Each machine
will show
> > this
> >>>> message for the other servers but not itself.  MachineA
will show
> > message
> >>>> for B and C, but not A.  MachineB will show message for A
and C but
> > not B.
> >>>
> >>> I can count 17 characters...
> >> 
> >> here you go:
> >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1175710#c10
> > 
> > I understand the limit is 15.  However, in the case I included, the 
count > > is only 7.
> > I did *not* add the spaces nor the ending character (I assume it is 
some > > control
> > character).  The line below is straight from smb.conf
> > 
> > workgroup = pegasus
> 
> 
> I wonder if perhaps there is a control character at the end of that line
> that does not show up if you print it out. Try deleting that line and 
then> typing it back in.
Thank you, I did as you suggested but it had no effect.  The odd 
occurrence
is, no matter how short I make the name, it will always show up padded 
with
spaces and ending with a control character.  I tried a 2 character name 
and
it still showed as space padded.  I think the 's' at end is a control
character.  The lines below are from the same machine.  I do not 
understand
why there is nothing after 'Truncating to'.

[2015/02/26 08:38:01.179938,  0] 
../source3/nmbd/nmbd_workgroupdb.c:57(name_to_unstring)
name_to_nstring: workgroup name PEGASUS        s too long. Truncating to
[2015/02/26 08:38:01.180693,  0] 
../source3/nmbd/nmbd_workgroupdb.c:57(name_to_unstring)
name_to_nstring: workgroup name FEDORA64BIT    s too long. Truncating to
[2015/02/26 08:38:01.180790,  0] 
../source3/nmbd/nmbd_workgroupdb.c:57(name_to_unstring)
name_to_nstring: workgroup name THEPHOENIX     s too long. Truncating
to> 
> > All the machines I am referring to are Fedora.
> > 
> > Thank you.
> > 
> >> 
> >>> According to Microsoft:
> >>>
> >>> "The NetBIOS naming convention allows for 16 characters
in a NetBIOS
> > name.
> >>> Microsoft, however, limits NetBIOS names to 15 characters and
uses
the> >>> 16th character as a NetBIOS suffix. "
> >>>
> >>> and
> >>>
> >>> "All NetBIOS names are 16 characters in length. A NetBIOS
suffix is
> > the
> >>> 16th character of the 16-character NetBIOS name. The NetBIOS
suffix
is> >>> used by Microsoft Networking software to identify
functionality
> > installed
> >>> on the registered device. "
> >>>
> >>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/163409
> >>>
> >>> Names are padded with spaces to 15 bytes, plus the NetBIOS
suffix in
> > the
> >>> 16th byte
> 
> Tom Schulz
> Applied Dynamics Intl.
> schulz at adi.com


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2015-Feb-26 16:05 UTC

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> From: schulz at adi.com (Thomas Schulz)
> To: durwin at mgtsciences.com, h.reindl at thelounge.net, 
samba at lists.samba.org> Date: 02/25/2015 06:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Workgroup name too long
> Sent by: samba-bounces at lists.samba.org
> 
> >> From: Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net>
> >> To: samba at lists.samba.org
> >> Date: 02/25/2015 02:52 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [Samba] Workgroup name too long
> >> Sent by: samba-bounces at lists.samba.org
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Am 25.02.2015 um 22:48 schrieb Miguel Medalha:
> >>>> I have searched for this and the solutions I found were
for
instances> >>>> where the workgroup name *was* too long.  However, my
workgroup
name > > is
> >>>> *not* too long.  The spaces between PEGASUS and ^[ are
part of the
> >>>> message, I did not add them.  If you count them there are
16 total
> >>>> including ending ^[.  I can't figure out where the
spaces are
coming> >>> from.
> >>>>   This is the same for every Samba server.  Each machine
will show
> > this
> >>>> message for the other servers but not itself.  MachineA
will show
> > message
> >>>> for B and C, but not A.  MachineB will show message for A
and C but
> > not B.
> >>>
> >>> I can count 17 characters...
> >> 
> >> here you go:
> >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1175710#c10
> > 
> > I understand the limit is 15.  However, in the case I included, the 
count > > is only 7.
> > I did *not* add the spaces nor the ending character (I assume it is 
some > > control
> > character).  The line below is straight from smb.conf
> > 
> > workgroup = pegasus
> 
> 
> I wonder if perhaps there is a control character at the end of that line
> that does not show up if you print it out. Try deleting that line and 
then> typing it back in.
Just a note.  Using 'tail' on the log shows the name ending with an
's'.
Using 'vi -b' on log file shows name ending with '^['.
> 
> > All the machines I am referring to are Fedora.
> > 
> > Thank you.
> > 
> >> 
> >>> According to Microsoft:
> >>>
> >>> "The NetBIOS naming convention allows for 16 characters
in a NetBIOS
> > name.
> >>> Microsoft, however, limits NetBIOS names to 15 characters and
uses
the> >>> 16th character as a NetBIOS suffix. "
> >>>
> >>> and
> >>>
> >>> "All NetBIOS names are 16 characters in length. A NetBIOS
suffix is
> > the
> >>> 16th character of the 16-character NetBIOS name. The NetBIOS
suffix
is> >>> used by Microsoft Networking software to identify
functionality
> > installed
> >>> on the registered device. "
> >>>
> >>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/163409
> >>>
> >>> Names are padded with spaces to 15 bytes, plus the NetBIOS
suffix in
> > the
> >>> 16th byte
> 
> Tom Schulz
> Applied Dynamics Intl.
> schulz at adi.com
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