F9 and Samba problem

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

Ivan Virgili wrote:
> I installed F9 (new installation) and I cannot access a WinXP computer
> anymore.
> Everything worked fine with F7 and F8.
> I can ping the computer and I get the following errors if I run smbclient.
> 
> smbclient -L 192.168.1.4
> Domain=[#######] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]
> 
> 	Sharename       Type      Comment
> 	---------       ----      -------
> 	E$              Disk      Default share
> 	IPC$            IPC       Remote IPC
> 	D$              Disk      Default share
> 	print$          Disk      Printer Drivers
> 	SharedDocs      Disk      
> 	####_###### (E) Disk      
> 	EpsonStylusPhoto Printer   Epson Stylus Photo
> 	Printer3        Printer   Microsoft Office Document Image Writer
> 	F$              Disk      Default share
> 	####_####### (F) Disk      
> 	ADMIN$          Disk      Remote Admin
> 	C$              Disk      Default share
> session request to 192.168.1.4 failed (Called name not present)
> session request to 192 failed (Called name not present)
> Domain=[#######] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]
> 
> I searched the net for a solution but I got nowhere.
> 
> Ivan
> 
smbclient -I 192.168.1.4 -L <machine name>

You have to use the -I option when specifying an IP address. You 
still need a machine name at the end, but it can be a dummy name. I 
would think that using the -I option would eliminate the need for a 
machine name, but it does not work that way.

Mikkel
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