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My FreeNAS box has been acting weird for a while. My log file is filled with the following:

Mar 21 06:57:46 freenas smbd[79405]:   STATUS=daemon 'smbd' finished starting up and ready to serve connectionsmatchname: host name/name mismatch: 192.168.0.249 != (NULL)

Mar 21 06:57:46 freenas smbd[79405]: [2015/03/21 06:57:46.036921,  0] ../source3/lib/util_sock.c:1199(get_remote_hostname)

I cannot recall for how long this has been the way, but I thought I fixed it a couple of days ago and forgot to check my logs. Obviously I hadn't fixed it.

The issue revolves around host name lookup, which can be disabled via the FreeNAS interface for CIFS. Disabling this solves the issue described above but does not solve the original question: "Why haven't this appeared for as long as I've been running the share?". I have not changed my settings regarding DNS on my LAN but this issue first occurred only a couple of weeks ago.

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What did you do for fixing it? – taliezin Mar 21 at 7:11
    
I haven't, I'm here looking for an answer. – GLaDER Mar 21 at 7:25

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The errors regarding hostname lookups means you do not have DNS configured for your LAN. To get rid of these messages you have to uncheck Hostname lookups on the CIFS settings. I hope it helps.

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Thank you for your response. I did find this idea on FreeNAS's bug site as well but have yet to confirm it. However, this has not been issue before and I have no idea why it has stopped working. Do you know of a way one can dive further into this? – GLaDER Mar 21 at 8:08
    
I think if you leave it like this, it won't be a problem. Totally benign. – taliezin Mar 21 at 8:10
    
Well, that might be the case, but it doesn't explain why it stopped working all of a sudden. :( – GLaDER Mar 21 at 8:10
    
You have to provide more info or edit your question. – taliezin Mar 21 at 8:13

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