i get this error msg in my log.smb file when i try and connect to a shared directory thru samba [2001/01/06 00:52:06, 1] lib/util_sock.c:client_name(1007) Gethostbyaddr failed for 192.168.1.101 wat does it all mean and y doesnt it work? _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
>>> "Ka Ho Kwok" <bobskunk@hotmail.com> 01/06/01 12:57am >>>i get this error msg in my log.smb file when i try and connect to a sharedd irectory thru samba [2001/01/06 00:52:06, 1] lib/util_sock.c:client_name(1007) Gethostbyaddr failed for 192.168.1.101 wat does it all mean and y doesnt it work?>>>At the risk of sounding rude - just what it says :-) You need to either: Live with it Create/update a hosts file /etc/hosts Create a DNS server Samba is trying to find the host name of a box having got its IP address. If this is a couple of boxes network, then creating and distributing a standard hosts file across them all will work wonders. Make sure that the service search order is set correctly in /etc/host.conf eg order hosts,bind means use hosts file then fall back to a DNS server. Check out the Network Administrators Guide etc from http://www.linuuxdoc.org Cheers JG
At 11.57 06/01/01 +1100, you wrote:>i get this error msg in my log.smb file when i try and connect to a shared >directory thru samba > >[2001/01/06 00:52:06, 1] lib/util_sock.c:client_name(1007) > Gethostbyaddr failed for 192.168.1.101 > >wat does it all mean and y doesnt it work? >_________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.You must register your client via hosts file on Samba server or on your LAN DNS in order to use shares from it. Bye, Mirco