[Bug 408948] Re: winxp discovery fails when machine name truncated at 15 chars

[gillux]

** Summary changed:

- winxp discovery fail when machine name truncated at 15 chars
+ winxp discovery fails when machine name truncated at 15 chars

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: samba
  
  OS: Ubuntu 9.04
- Package version: samba 3.3.2-1ubuntu3.1
+ Packages versions: samba 3.3.2-1ubuntu3.1
  Description:
  I've set up a default samba share using nautilus (right click on a folder). Discovering it and browsing it from ubuntu (using Places -> Network -> Windows Network) works. However, from a windows xp machine, the discovery fails. I can see the computer in its group, but any attempt to contact it gives me a the regular error message, check you got the right permissions etc.
  I found that the issue comes from the samba machine's name, which is "philippe-desktop". In /var/log/samba/log.nmbd:
  
  [2009/08/04 16:19:29,  0] nmbd/nmbd_nameregister.c:register_name(483)
    register_name: NetBIOS name PHILIPPE-DESKTOP is too long. Truncating to PHILIPPE-DESKTO
  
  Browsing \\PHILIPPE-DESKTO\ from the windows xp machine works, but not
  \\PHILIPPE-DESKTOP\. However, the discovery listing offers the
- untruncated machine name, which is unreachable.
+ untruncated machine name, which is unreachable. The names can not be
+ resolved using DNS, there is not any DNS server on the network. I don't
+ know if the problem comes from windows, smbd or nmbd, but I guess it's a
+ bug.
  
- Workaround: Using a machine name with less than 16 chars resolves the
+ Workaround: Using a machine name with less than 16 chars avoid the
  problem.

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winxp discovery fails when machine name truncated at 15 chars
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/408948
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