nsswitch.conf wins lookup is failing

[karaluh]

As in summary. Ping by IP works.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: winbind 2:3.6.6-3ubuntu5
Uname: Linux 3.7.0-030700rc7-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9
Architecture: i386
BothFailedConnect: Yes
Date: Tue Dec 18 10:20:32 2012
MarkForUpload: True
NmbdLog:

ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=pl_PL:pl:en_GB:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SambaServerRegression: No
SmbConfIncluded: Yes
SmbLog:

SourcePackage: samba
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-19 (59 days ago)

[Yolanda Robla (yolanda.robla)]

Hi, thanks for your report.
To be able to check your error, can you please provide more detailed logs about your problem?
Please take a look at this guide: http://www.ubuntu.com/community/report-problem

Thanks
Yolanda

[karaluh (karaluh)]

Please stop with the automated irrelevant corporate bot answers. Nothing in the link you provided states what logs you expect me to provide.

[Yolanda Robla (yolanda.robla)]

Normal ping not using Samba works for you? If not, it may be a DNS problem.

[karaluh (karaluh)]

Yes, pinging google.pl works fine.

[Yolanda Robla (yolanda.robla)]

We are unable to determine the exact problem without more details. We need logs of the problem you have with Samba, what hostname are you trying to ping and what error are you having (timeouts, host not recognized, etc...).
Log details of Samba, or logs of a terminal showing your problem will be fine.
Please send more details about it in order to help you with that problem.

[karaluh (karaluh)]

ping: unknown host ada

There are over 20 files in /var/log/samba/. Do you want me to attach all of them?

[Yolanda Robla (yolanda.robla)]

Yes, please send at least the latest one, if it contains relevant information about the problem.

[Yolanda Robla (yolanda.robla)]

Can you check the content of /etc/nsswitch.conf?
It should contain something like:

hosts: files dns mdns wins

Please check it and retry.

[karaluh (karaluh)]

hosts: files wins mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.