[ale] [semi OT] No CIFS data

Jonathan Rickman jdr at xcorps.net
Mon Aug 23 20:55:34 EDT 2004


> I'll double check the "find computer" tomorrow when I get 
> back at them.
> I did note that the machine names are truncated in places as 
> they are rather long.

Long names tend to cause problems when no AD/DNS server is present. Setting
up WINS on the Samba server might suffice. Barring that, break out nmap and
make sure SMB is bound to IP and the systems are listening on tcp 445.
Someone might have done something fancy prior to your arrival.

--
Jonathan



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