# smbclient //realname/share -U user -I x.x.x.x Password: Domain=[DOM] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.2-6.3E] smb: \> As expected. # smbclient //alias/share -U user -I x.x.x.x Password: Domain=[DOM] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.2-6.3E] tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME The same command from a samba 2.x client works fine. smb.conf netbios aliases = alias include = /etc/samba/smb.%L file for the aliased server configuration: /etc/samba/smb.alias
it's connecting to port 445 by default. run 'smbclient .... -p 139'.
database cleanup