Active Directory CIFS/SAMBA can't resolve server name

[Michael Gildersleeve]

I have a DR server that I have had security = ADS and working in a Win2003 AD realm. Myserver is a L3000 HP-UX ll.i/B11.11.
Correct software and patches are installed -
# swlist -l product |grep -i CIFS
CIFS-Client A.02.02 CIFS Client
CIFS-Development A.02.02.01 HP CIFS Server Source Code Files
CIFS-Server A.02.02.01 HP CIFS Server (Samba) File and Print Services
# swlist -l product |grep -i ldap
LdapUxClient B.04.00.02 LDAP-UX Client Services
NisLdapServer B.04.00.02 The NIS/LDAP Gateway (ypldapd)
# swlist -l product |grep -i pam
PAM-Kerberos B.11.11.14 PAM-Kerberos Version 1.24
PAM-NTLM A.02.02 HP NTLM Pluggable Authentication Module
PHCO_27064 1.0 libpam cumulative patch
PHCO_34214 1.0 libpam_unix cumulative patch


I could browse to it from any PC w/o any problems. Then I changed the IP and machine name, removed the server from the Win2003 AD server created the new keytab file and changed the .conf files for the new name and IP. I did the net join and completed successfully started SAMBA and ran the syncsmbpasswd it completed successfuly but I am not able to browse to the server using the unc name, \\myserver from any PC or the AD server. I can do a nslookup and ping the \\myserver and fqdn and IP from all machines. I can browse from only one PC using the fqdn, \\myserver.realm.com and by IP, \\10.1.x.x, from all PC's. Does anyone have any clue(s) as to why I can not browse from a PC to this server using \\myserver ?? Or can you provide any help?

Thanks,
Mike

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

The name \\myserver

Either does not resolve in DNS, which you can change by playing with the zone record or the windows equivalent of /etc/hosts

Or the machine is not registered in the domain/WINS with short names.

Its a configuration issue on the PDC perhaps made more complex by the remote location of the DR site.

SEP

[Michael Gildersleeve]

Thanks for the quick reply. the name \\myserver does resolve in DNS. We are able to bring up the samba page http:\\myserver:901 and log in as root for samba. We don't want to change the hosts files on 500+ PC, as we have it working on some Red Hat servers in ads mode and did have it workin on this server w/o doing that.(don't want a band-aid) The short names is registered in the domain/WINS I checked it out with our NT Admin. And we do not believe that it is the complexities with remote locations as we are at the same primary location as is \\myserver. I can resolve \\myRH1server and \\myRH2server and \\myOtherHPservers(in security = share mode)but not this server? Any further suggestions? And Thanks again.