Hello everyone,
I have setup a private SMB share for myself and created a list of allowed devices in Hosts Allow (laptop, phone) using the hostname. However I cannot seem to connect to it. I receive an error on my MacBook Pro saying "There was a problem connecting to the server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. Check the server name or IP address and then try again. Contact your system admin if issue persists." Using IP addresses instead of hostname works fine. I tried to find a solution online and added...
Cannot connect to SMB share, hostname listed in host_allow
I have setup a private SMB share for myself and created a list of allowed devices in Hosts Allow (laptop, phone) using the hostname. However I cannot seem to connect to it. I receive an error on my MacBook Pro saying "There was a problem connecting to the server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. Check the server name or IP address and then try again. Contact your system admin if issue persists." Using IP addresses instead of hostname works fine. I tried to find a solution online and added...
Cannot connect to SMB share, hostname listed in host_allow