Get_Hostbyname: Unknown host
Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
lkcl at switchboard.net
Wed Jan 28 21:07:07 GMT 1998
hi alexey,
you will need "dns proxy = yes" because we disable / enable this properly
now, using this parameter. by default, it is off, which explains the
problem you are seeing.
On Wed, 28 Jan 1998, Alexey V. Abashkin wrote:
> Hello SaMBa gurus!
> I've got a problem with 1.9.18p[1|2].
> When I try to connect from my BSDi station to WinNT (or Win95) I
> use the
> `smbclient \\\\HostWinNT\\service`
> It work fine on 1.9.17p4 but 1.9.18p1 or p2 say me
> Get_Hostbyname: Unknown host HOSTWINNT
> Of course HOSTWINNT present in /etc/hosts and /etc/hosts.equiv
> but
> the name HOSTWINNT is't DNS, it's NetBEUI name.
you mean NetBIOS. samba doesn't support the NETBEUI transport, only
tcp/ip.
best regards,
luke
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