Change resolve order so Nautilus can browse local network when ISP uses DNS redirection
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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One Hundred Papercuts |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
samba (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
This has affected 8.04.1 and .2 and 8.10 and 9.04. I have over 12 machines spread over 3 separate networks in 3 different towns that all have the same problem. From the day their ISP started using DNS redirection, the ability to click on Places > Network and browse the local network has essentially been unusable. It takes over a minute and a half to just display the gui and then it fails to display the network properly, if at all. Network places that are displayed often return error messages if clicked on. Sometimes running the Network browse gui several times in a row returns normal function, sometimes it does not.
The fix is very simple.
Edit /etc/samba/smb.conf
Change the resolve order and remove the leading semicolon. Log off and back on and network browsing returns to normal. I have yet to find any negative affects from this change and it seems trivial to have it done by default.
change this:
# What naming service and in what order should we use to resolve host names
# to IP addresses
; name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast
to this:
# What naming service and in what order should we use to resolve host names
# to IP addresses
name resolve order = lmhosts wins bcast host
Notice that host has been moved from 2nd place to 4th place.
affects: | nautilus (Ubuntu) → samba (Ubuntu) |
Thank you for bringing this bug to our attention. Unfortunately a paper cut should be a small usability issue that affects many people and is quick and easy to fix. I'm afraid this bug can't be addressed as part of this project.
Though the fix is simple. This is Bug does not affect the majority of users.[ single desktop users ] hence not a papercut.
A paper cut is a minor usability annoyance that an average user would encounter on his/her first day of using a new installation of Ubuntu 9.10.
For further info about papercuts criteria , pls read > https:/ /wiki.ubuntu. com/PaperCut
Don't worry though, This bug has been marked as "invalid" ONLY in the papercuts project.
The Bug is still active in Samba.