WINS resolution with Samba 2.2.2

[Ariel Mella]

Joel:
you need to modify your name resolution ssystem...
pls check /etc/nsswitch.conf
check here how "hosts" are resolved and in what order, then if your samba
act as a WINS server or your NT4 is add in the host section and now you can
ping NetBios name over linux. Remeber too that if you have host:
db files nisplus nis dns wins
the resolution takes too long and if you are serving as a WINS server maybe
you colud put wins before dns or nis. configure to suite your needs.
seya!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joel Hammer" <Joel at HammersHome.com>
To: "Allen Crawford" <AllenC at mailcode.com>; <samba at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 6:48 PM
Subject: Re: WINS resolution with Samba 2.2.2


> I don't believe samba gets involved in pinging.
> Are you pinging names or ip's?
> If ip's work, then this is a name resolution issue on the linux box.
> Is there a DNS on your network? If there is, add that to your
/etc/resolv.conf
> file.
> Do you have the other hosts on your network in /etc/hosts?
> Have you configured /etc/host.conf?
>
> Joel
> On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 04:26:21PM -0500, Allen Crawford wrote:
> > I'm a newbie to this list and a newbie to Samba.  I've read some info on
the
> > web and I'm trying to successfully set up Samba 2.2.2 on Debian 2.2r3.
> > Anyway, I've installed it just fine, it shows up on my NT4 domain just
fine,
> > I can ping it (using WINS) and can even access a share on it.  However,
I
> > cannot ping any computer on our LAN from the Linux box.  I've modified
the
> > resolve order in smb.conf so that wins is listed first, followed by
hosts,
> > lmhosts, bcast.  I've change the security mode from user to server and
have
> > the correct domain down.  I basically followed the NT domain
instructions
> > from this page:
> >
> > http://handsonhowto.com/smb101.html
<http://handsonhowto.com/smb101.html>
> >
> > So, any tips would be greatly appreciated.  Also, if anyone is in the
same
> > situation as me (NT 4 Domain, Samba 2.2.2 on Linux) please feel free to
send
> > me your smb.conf files.
> >
> > Thanks a lot,
> > Allen
>
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