Re: [SLUG] samba printer problems

[Anand Kumria <wildfire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 12:20:35PM +1000, kevin@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

[snip]

> # This option is important for security. It allows you to restrict
> # connections to machines which are on your local network. The
> # following example restricts access to two C class networks and
> # the "loopback" interface. For more examples of the syntax see
> # the smb.conf man page
>    hosts allow = 192.168.0. 192.168.2. 127.

[snip]

On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 02:06:42PM +1000, kevin@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> This is the error in /var/log/samba/log.smb
> 
>   Gethostbyaddr failed for 192.168.0.70

With the hosts allow option I think samba is attempting to do 
a reverse lookup for 70.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa -- does that 
exist in your DNS?

Regards,
Anand