Hostnames in Samba does not work - only IP address

firekage · 2016-08-21 13:00:12

Hi.

I would like again ask for your help. I was able to find why i cant over SMB in my previos topic - kio was at fault.

No i found that i just could not connect to any sambashares using hostnames, only ip address. Dolphin is not able to see samba shares, computer in the same workgroup. I can enter it only when in Dolphin type smb://<address>

Could somebody help me?

This is my smb.conf:

# This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the
# smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed
# here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options (perhaps too
# many!) most of which are not shown in this example
#
# Any line which starts with a ; (semi-colon) or a # (hash) 
# is a comment and is ignored. In this example we will use a #
# for commentry and a ; for parts of the config file that you
# may wish to enable
#
# NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command "testparm"
# to check that you have not made any basic syntactic errors. 
#
#======================= Global Settings =====================================
[global]

# workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name
   workgroup = WORKGROUP
   netbios name = Arch_BX_100

# server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field
   server string = Samba Server

# This option is important for security. It allows you to restrict
# connections to machines which are on your local network. The
# following example restricts access to two C class networks and
# the "loopback" interface. For more examples of the syntax see
# the smb.conf man page
;   hosts allow = 192.168.1. 192.168.2. 127.
;   hosts allow = 192.168.0. 127.
 
# if you want to automatically load your printer list rather
# than setting them up individually then you'll need this
;   printcap name = /etc/printcap
;   printcap name = /dev/null
;   load printers = yes
;   load printers = no
;   disable spoolss = Yes    

# It should not be necessary to spell out the print system type unless
# yours is non-standard. Currently supported print systems include:
# bsd, sysv, plp, lprng, aix, hpux, qnx
;   printing = bsd
;   printing = bsd

# Uncomment this if you want a guest account, you must add this to /etc/passwd
# otherwise the user "nobody" is used
;  guest account = pcguest

# this tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine
# that connects
   log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log

# Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb).
   max log size = 50

# Security mode. Most people will want user level security. See
# security_level.txt for details.
   security = user

# Use password server option only with security = server
;   password server = <NT-Server-Name>

# Password Level allows matching of _n_ characters of the password for
# all combinations of upper and lower case.
;  username level = 8

# You may wish to use password encryption. Please read
# ENCRYPTION.txt, Win95.txt and WinNT.txt in the Samba documentation.
# Do not enable this option unless you have read those documents
;  encrypt passwords = yes
;  smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd

# The following are needed to allow password changing from Windows to
# update the Linux sytsem password also.
# NOTE: Use these with 'encrypt passwords' and 'smb passwd file' above.
# NOTE2: You do NOT need these to allow workstations to change only
#        the encrypted SMB passwords. They allow the Unix password
#        to be kept in sync with the SMB password.
;  unix password sync = Yes
;  passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
;  passwd chat = *New*UNIX*password* %n\n *ReType*new*UNIX*password* %n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*

# Unix users can map to different SMB User names
;  username map = /etc/samba/smbusers

# Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration
# on a per machine basis. The %m gets replaced with the netbios name
# of the machine that is connecting
;   include = /etc/samba/smb.conf.%m

# Configure Samba to use multiple interfaces
# If you have multiple network interfaces then you must list them
# here. See the man page for details.
;   interfaces = 192.168.12.2/24 192.168.13.2/24 
    interfaces = enp7s0 192.168.0.100/24

# Configure remote browse list synchronisation here
#  request announcement to, or browse list sync from:
#	a specific host or from / to a whole subnet (see below)
;   remote browse sync = 192.168.3.25 192.168.5.255
# Cause this host to announce itself to local subnets here
;   remote announce = 192.168.1.255 192.168.2.44

# Browser Control Options:
# set local master to no if you don't want Samba to become a master
# browser on your network. Otherwise the normal election rules apply
;   local master = no

# OS Level determines the precedence of this server in master browser
# elections. The default value should be reasonable
;   os level = 33

# Domain Master specifies Samba to be the Domain Master Browser. This
# allows Samba to collate browse lists between subnets. Don't use this
# if you already have a Windows NT domain controller doing this job
;   domain master = yes 

# Preferred Master causes Samba to force a local browser election on startup
# and gives it a slightly higher chance of winning the election
;   preferred master = yes

# Use only if you have an NT server on your network that has been
# configured at install time to be a primary domain controller.
;   domain controller = <NT-Domain-Controller-SMBName>

# Enable this if you want Samba to be a domain logon server for 
# Windows95 workstations. 
;   domain logons = yes

# if you enable domain logons then you may want a per-machine or
# per user logon script
# run a specific logon batch file per workstation (machine)
;   logon script = %m.bat
# run a specific logon batch file per username
;   logon script = %U.bat

# Where to store roving profiles (only for Win95 and WinNT)
#        %L substitutes for this servers netbios name, %U is username
#        You must uncomment the [Profiles] share below
;   logon path = \\%L\Profiles\%U

# All NetBIOS names must be resolved to IP Addresses
# 'Name Resolve Order' allows the named resolution mechanism to be specified
# the default order is "host lmhosts wins bcast". "host" means use the unix
# system gethostbyname() function call that will use either /etc/hosts OR
# DNS or NIS depending on the settings of /etc/host.config, /etc/nsswitch.conf
# and the /etc/resolv.conf file. "host" therefore is system configuration
# dependant. This parameter is most often of use to prevent DNS lookups
# in order to resolve NetBIOS names to IP Addresses. Use with care!
# The example below excludes use of name resolution for machines that are NOT
# on the local network segment
# - OR - are not deliberately to be known via lmhosts or via WINS.
; name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast
  name resolve order = wins host lmhosts bcast

# Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section:
# WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable it's WINS Server
;  wins support = yes
   wins support = yes

# WINS Server - Tells the NMBD components of Samba to be a WINS Client
#	Note: Samba can be either a WINS Server, or a WINS Client, but NOT both
;   wins server = w.x.y.z

# WINS Proxy - Tells Samba to answer name resolution queries on
# behalf of a non WINS capable client, for this to work there must be
# at least one	WINS Server on the network. The default is NO.
;   wins proxy = yes

# DNS Proxy - tells Samba whether or not to try to resolve NetBIOS names
# via DNS nslookups. The built-in default for versions 1.9.17 is yes,
# this has been changed in version 1.9.18 to no.
   dns proxy = no 

# Case Preservation can be handy - system default is _no_
# NOTE: These can be set on a per share basis
;  preserve case = no
;  short preserve case = no
# Default case is normally upper case for all DOS files
;  default case = lower
# Be very careful with case sensitivity - it can break things!
;  case sensitive = no

#============================ Share Definitions ==============================
[homes]
   comment = Home Directories
   browseable = no
   writable = yes

# Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain Logons
; [netlogon]
;   comment = Network Logon Service
;   path = /home/netlogon
;   guest ok = yes
;   writable = no
;   share modes = no


# Un-comment the following to provide a specific roving profile share
# the default is to use the user's home directory
;[Profiles]
;    path = /home/profiles
;    browseable = no
;    guest ok = yes


# NOTE: If you have a BSD-style print system there is no need to 
# specifically define each individual printer
[printers]
   comment = All Printers
   path = /var/spool/samba
   browseable = no
# Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print
   guest ok = no
   writable = no
   printable = yes

# This one is useful for people to share files
;[tmp]
;   comment = Temporary file space
;   path = /tmp
;   read only = no
;   public = yes

# A publicly accessible directory, but read only, except for people in
# the "staff" group
;[public]
;   comment = Public Stuff
;   path = /home/samba
;   public = yes
;   read only = yes
;   write list = @staff

# Other examples. 
#
# A private printer, usable only by fred. Spool data will be placed in fred's
# home directory. Note that fred must have write access to the spool directory,
# wherever it is.
;[fredsprn]
;   comment = Fred's Printer
;   valid users = fred
;   path = /homes/fred
;   printer = freds_printer
;   public = no
;   writable = no
;   printable = yes

# A private directory, usable only by fred. Note that fred requires write
# access to the directory.
;[fredsdir]
;   comment = Fred's Service
;   path = /usr/somewhere/private
;   valid users = fred
;   public = no
;   writable = yes
;   printable = no

# a service which has a different directory for each machine that connects
# this allows you to tailor configurations to incoming machines. You could
# also use the %u option to tailor it by user name.
# The %m gets replaced with the machine name that is connecting.
;[pchome]
;  comment = PC Directories
;  path = /usr/pc/%m
;  public = no
;  writable = yes

# A publicly accessible directory, read/write to all users. Note that all files
# created in the directory by users will be owned by the default user, so
# any user with access can delete any other user's files. Obviously this
# directory must be writable by the default user. Another user could of course
# be specified, in which case all files would be owned by that user instead.
;[public]
;   path = /usr/somewhere/else/public
;   public = yes
;   only guest = yes
;   writable = yes
;   printable = no

# The following two entries demonstrate how to share a directory so that two
# users can place files there that will be owned by the specific users. In this
# setup, the directory should be writable by both users and should have the
# sticky bit set on it to prevent abuse. Obviously this could be extended to
# as many users as required.
;[myshare]
;   comment = Mary's and Fred's stuff
;   path = /usr/somewhere/shared
;   valid users = mary fred
;   public = no
;   writable = yes
;   printable = no
;   create mask = 0765

[Arch_BX_100_shares]
comment = firekage's Arch BX 100 shares
path = /mnt/
valid users = firekage
public = yes
writable = yes
printable = no
browseable = yes
read only = no
write list = firekage
#create mode = 0644
#force create mode = 0664
#directory mode = 0777
#force directory mode = 0777
#create mask = 0777

I'ver been trying for past two days. No luck. Would somebody be so nice and help me? It always worked till last update with these packages:

attica-qt5 baloo bluez-qt breeze-icons frameworkintegration gnupg kactivities kactivities-stats karchive kauth kbookmarks kcmutils kcodecs kcompletion kconfig kconfigwidgets kcoreaddons kcrash kdbusaddons kdeclarative kded kdelibs4support kdesu kdewebkit kdnssd kdoctools kemoticons kfilemetadata kglobalaccel kguiaddons khtml ki18n kiconthemes kidletime kinit kio kitemmodels kitemviews kjobwidgets kjs kjsembed knewstuff knotifications knotifyconfig kpackage kparts kpeople kplotting kpty kross krunner kservice ktexteditor ktextwidgets kunitconversion kwallet kwayland kwidgetsaddons kwindowsystem kxmlgui kxmlrpcclient modemmanager-qt networkmanager-qt oxygen-icons pangomm plasma-framework solid sonnet threadweaver

Thank you.

BTW - it happened on all of my machines that were updated. There is no mechanism to revert back and reverting one package after one for 4 machines would take forever.

Last edited by firekage (2016-08-21 13:02:22)

graysky · 2016-08-21 13:29:26

Did you define the mapping in /etc/hosts

firekage · 2016-08-21 14:09:23

No, i did not. In fact, i never had this defined and it always worked. I read archwiki about samba and did not find anything about it. It is neccessary? It worked earlier, no it does not and i did not defined anything earlier either.

/etc/hosts looks like this:

/etc/hosts
#
# /etc/hosts: static lookup table for host names
#

#<ip-address>	<hostname.domain.org>	<hostname>
127.0.0.1	localhost.localdomain	localhost	 myhostname
::1		localhost.localdomain	localhost	 myhostname

but i dont now what should be inserted in second and third row. I read this:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=125748

but dont understand why something and what should be inserted. I know only twoj things: my ip and hostname of my machine. I need 2 thing more if i understand it.

Last edited by firekage (2016-08-21 14:14:14)

graysky · 2016-08-21 14:24:05

If you want to connect to 'foo' on 192.168.1.2' the corresponding entry would be:

192.168.1.2     foo

Buddlespit · 2016-08-21 15:40:41

I found the same issue with my samba server and my arch box. I had to set my fstab to mount to 192.168.1.13 (server IP). I got rid of my fstab (mostly) this weekend and started mounting everything thru systemd units and I was able to mount it thru //server (server hostname).

firekage · 2016-08-21 17:26:44

graysky wrote:

If you want to connect to 'foo' on 192.168.1.2' the corresponding entry would be:
192.168.1.2     foo

Than you. I did it earlier, without being sure so i just placed my ip and twice my machine host name. So in fact it was right.

One thing more.

Strange thing. I did nothing...just return to home, boot my desktop...and Samba works...The only thing that i modified is to add my ip to hosts allow in smb.conf. In fact i have now inserted few lines to /etc/hosts but i don't have it in my netbook machine and they both see themselve.

Strange strange. Maybe now somebody saw that samba never worked like it should (i did not have /etc/hosts edited, i did not have hosts allow in smb.conf till now) and they fixed it and now it needs?

I will leave it open. See for more time.

Thank you very much for your time and patience - still learning

BTW - strange thing in fact. I checked how my Samba is set up on 3 machine...there is no /etc/host edited, there is no hosts allow added and it sees everything in my Workgroup...(the only thing that was changed is name of workgroup and added shares...)Mystery one after another.

Last edited by firekage (2016-08-21 17:52:06)

graysky · 2016-08-21 18:37:22

So you should be able to browse to the same share by host name now, yes?

smb://foo/share

firekage · 2016-08-21 18:57:05

I am able to browse shares without need of putting ip addres, typing, but i don't understand what happened - now dolphin sees everything, i just point mouse to samba in dolphin and see my machines. Only on desktop i have added something to /etc/hosts while other machines dont have it and they work. I will try to delete from /etc/hosts what i inserted, just like other machines dont have, and check if i will be able to see shares over samba.

Last edited by firekage (2016-08-21 18:57:56)

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Hostnames in Samba does not work - only IP address

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