I have /etc/hosts file with this line
10.1.17.123 SAMBAWINSERVER
I am trying to mount samba shares referencing server by name in the hosts file. I tried to mount it via regular mount command or /etc/fstab as a cifs share. I also it via smbnetfs which relies on fuse. The result is identical in both cases. It refuses to mount shares by SAMBAWINSERVER (it runs Server 2012) but works perfectly well when I replace it with 10.1.17.123. Ping by name works.
I also have a DROBO file server mapped as
10.1.17.124 SAMBADROBOSERVER
When I mount shares from SAMBADROBOSERVER server by name it works fine whichever way I mount. DROBO internally is a linux machine and I am guessing this may make a difference. My speculation is that windows server doesn't like to be called anything but what it calls itself. But why would windows even care about what I call it in my local hosts file?
At this point I need help from other experts. Is there something I can do on either linux machine or windows server in order to be able to rely on /etc/hosts entries when mounting samba shares?
