samba - Apr 2005 - %M client DNS name resolution

Since upgrading from 2.2.8a to 3.0.11, I'm having trouble with the %M 
samba variable that represents the client's DNS name.  Instead of the 
hostname, it's resolving to the IP address.

I added "exec = /data1/smbvars.sh "%m" "%M"
"%I" "%a" "%D" "%u" "%H"
"%g"
"%U" "%G" "%S" "%P" "%p"
"%h" "%L" "%N" "%v" "%d"
"%R" "%T" 
>/tmp/smbvars.txt" to the global section of smb.conf, and the results 
follow:

Client variables...
%m = p-griffith = Client's NetBIOS name
%M = 192.168.174.212 = Client's DNS name
%I = 192.168.174.212 = Client's IP address
%a = Win2K = Client's architecture

(IP addresses have been changed to protect the innocent.)

I'm running Solaris 9, and I have no trouble resolving IP addresses to 
hostnames, or hostnames to IP addresses, using getent(1M) from the command 
line.

Phillip Griffith  (803) 952-8776
Information Technology Department
Westinghouse Savannah River Company

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phillip.griffith@srs.gov wrote:

| Since upgrading from 2.2.8a to 3.0.11, I'm having trouble
| with the %M samba variable that represents the client's
| DNS name.  Instead of the hostname, it's resolving to
| the IP address.

Set 'hostname lookups = yes' in smb.conf.





cheers, jerry
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