Hi Rowland> (just a thought, you have given the Samba server a fixed ipaddress, > hostname and domain name, haven't you ?).The Pi has a fixed IP address and hostname. I see: $ cat /etc/hostname RPHS $ cat /etc/resolv.conf # Generated by resolvconf nameserver 208.67.222.123 nameserver 208.67.220.123 So the DNS seems arbitrary. I don't understand what the DNS should be for a home network. Sorry for my ignorance. BR David -----Original Message----- From: Rowland penny Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2016 8:27 PM To: samba at lists.samba.org Subject: Re: [Samba] Please review my smb.conf On 02/01/16 20:18, DavidA wrote:> Hi Rowland > > Thanks for your review. I will check all the points you raise, but one I > do not understand is: > > "do all machines have the same dns domain name?" > > What is the dns domain name in the context of a NetBios workgroup? The > only dns I am aware of is the one provided by my ISP, and that won't be > relevant I think. > > Best regards > > David >You can set the dns domain name on a windows PC, You no doubt have set the domain name on the Samba server (just a thought, you have given the Samba server a fixed ipaddress, hostname and domain name, haven't you ?). If your windows PCs have a different or no domain name, this could be a problem. Rowland -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
On 02/01/16 20:59, DavidA wrote:> Hi Rowland > >> (just a thought, you have given the Samba server a fixed ipaddress, >> hostname and domain name, haven't you ?). > > The Pi has a fixed IP address and hostname. I see: > > $ cat /etc/hostname > RPHSOK, try running these commands: hostname hostname -s hostname -d hostname -f hostname -i If your rpi has the fully quallified domain name of 'rphs.example.com' and the ipaddress 192.168.0.2, you should get: rphs rphs example.com rphs.example.com 192.168.0.2 If you do not get a domain name, check /etc/hosts, it should contain a line similar to this: 192.168.0.2 rphs.example.com rphs> > $ cat /etc/resolv.conf > # Generated by resolvconf > nameserver 208.67.222.123 > nameserver 208.67.220.123 > > So the DNS seems arbitrary. I don't understand what the DNS should be > for a home network. Sorry for my ignorance.The dns for a home network is usually set by your router, you need to check what ip range it uses and if it is also your dhcp server, you need to ensure that it supplies a domain name as well as the ipaddress. You also need to check that all the windows machines use the same workgroup name, from your smb.conf 'WORKGROUP' . The dns nameservers '208.67.22x.123' are the openDNS ones, I would suggest you change these to the google ones '8.8.8.8' & '8.8.4.4'. For how to do this and to possibly set a domain name, see your routers documentation. Rowland> > BR > > David >
Hi Rowland Thanks for your reply. I see: $ cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost ::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters 127.0.1.1 RPHS So I guess I should edit the hosts file and specify RPHS's fixed IP address. I don't think domain name is relevant for a home network so I won't specify one. Will let you know how it goes. David -----Original Message----- From: Rowland penny Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2016 9:25 PM To: samba at lists.samba.org Subject: Re: [Samba] Please review my smb.conf On 02/01/16 20:59, DavidA wrote:> Hi Rowland > >> (just a thought, you have given the Samba server a fixed ipaddress, >> hostname and domain name, haven't you ?). > > The Pi has a fixed IP address and hostname. I see: > > $ cat /etc/hostname > RPHSOK, try running these commands: hostname hostname -s hostname -d hostname -f hostname -i If your rpi has the fully quallified domain name of 'rphs.example.com' and the ipaddress 192.168.0.2, you should get: rphs rphs example.com rphs.example.com 192.168.0.2 If you do not get a domain name, check /etc/hosts, it should contain a line similar to this: 192.168.0.2 rphs.example.com rphs> > $ cat /etc/resolv.conf > # Generated by resolvconf > nameserver 208.67.222.123 > nameserver 208.67.220.123 > > So the DNS seems arbitrary. I don't understand what the DNS should be for > a home network. Sorry for my ignorance.The dns for a home network is usually set by your router, you need to check what ip range it uses and if it is also your dhcp server, you need to ensure that it supplies a domain name as well as the ipaddress. You also need to check that all the windows machines use the same workgroup name, from your smb.conf 'WORKGROUP' . The dns nameservers '208.67.22x.123' are the openDNS ones, I would suggest you change these to the google ones '8.8.8.8' & '8.8.4.4'. For how to do this and to possibly set a domain name, see your routers documentation. Rowland> > BR > > David >-- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba