smbstatus not resolv machines

[jaba]

Hi. I`m using debian server and samba file server for a quiet time. It works like file server for windows clients only. But here is my problem, when I type "smbstatus", it shows at machine colon - not machine host, but it`s IP address. So why that problem, some windows clients shows their names, but some only IP, I wanna to all clients shows their hostnames, that easy to understand what client uses files.

Little example how:

Service   pid           machine         Connected at
----------------------------------------------------------
data      45745     192.168.1.25       date when connected  # not resolved
data      43564     janis-tehn         date whenn connected

Regards to this forum, Janis!

[HROAdmin26]

Name Resolution

Do you have nslookup installed? (Or dig)

Is a reverse lookup successful?

nslookup <IP_ADDR>

[jaba]

Do you have nslookup installed? (Or dig)

Is a reverse lookup successful?

nslookup <IP_ADDR>

I can check it tomorow, but why some shows and some not, if not installed nslookup then proabably system will not resolve any host, but it resolve some. Maybe some clients have some bad configuration or anyhing, but I don`t understand.

[HROAdmin26]

Please read the Wikipedia article on name resolution. Nslookup is a tool for YOU to use to query DNS, it does not define if your OS can perform name resolution. There are several ways to get name resolution, and DNS is only one of them.

Short version: Some machines may have a successful reverse lookup and others may not. Fix your name resolution, and all of the "clients" will show by name in smbstatus.