[ale] Samba Windows 98 connection

[jasonday at worldnet.att.net (Jason Day)]

On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 10:43:22AM -0500, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> I'm having an issue connecting from my linux box to my Windows 98
> machnie via smbclient.
> 
> cfowler at linux:~/Mov/1> smbclient -L 192.168.1.107 -U cfowler
> session request to 192.168.1.107 failed (Called name not present)
> session request to 192 failed (Called name not present)
> session request to *SMBSERVER failed (Called name not present)

smbclient wants a netbios name, not an IP address.  You need to put the
netbios name of your windows 98 box after the -L.  If the name won't
resolve, you can specify the IP address with -I, but you still need the
name.  E.g.

smbclient -L foo -I 192.168.1.107 -U cfowler

HTH,
Jason
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