Jean-Louis Martineau wrote:
> What do you get if you run:
>  /usr/bin/smbclient '//not.a.host.name/notashare' -U nosuchuser -N -Tx
> /dev/null
> 
> Maybe your DNS is slow to return that 'not.a.host.name' is not a valid
> hostname
> Check your DNS configuration.

I think it would be a good idea to pick some other name to test with
since the .name TLD has come into existence.  host.name and a.host.name
both resolve.  There's no reason that not.a.host.name couldn't resolve
someday.

Thanks,

-Ben


-- 
Benjamin Lewis, CISSP <bhlewis AT purdue DOT edu>
Security Analyst, Identity and Access Management
IT Networks & Security
Purdue University

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