[linux-cifs-client] Re: Identify a host

[simo]

On Mon, 2007-05-14 at 21:21 +0100, John G Walker wrote:

> Now this is what I'm looking for. I ping Fred (where Fred is the name
> of a server) and ping can't find it.

This I guess, means Fred is not a DNS name but a NetBIOS name.
You may try and experiment with libnss_wins in nsswitch.conf

Simo.

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