[Samba] Name Resolution, Pinging

[Adam Cormany]

Your statement is correct about the MS DNS server can
be configured, but that really isn't my issue. I'm
dealing with trying to get the Redhat Linux 7.3 system
to be able to ping/resolve hostnames.

It has to do with Samba for the fact that Samba can
handle the job if set up correctly, which I'm
attempting to do.

--- "Konkol, Josh" <JKonkol at guidemail.com> wrote:
> Do you have a DNS Server ??  A M$ DNS server can be
> configured to look up
> names in a WINS db if it doesn't have an entry,
> that's probably how your
> windows computer can ping the name.
> 
> IMHO I don't see what Samba has to do with this?  
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Cormany [mailto:acormany at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 2:49 PM
> To: Herb Lewis
> Cc: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Name Resolution, Pinging
> 
> 
> Ok, I just finished compiling libnss_wins.so:
> 1) I did a `make nsswitch/libnns_wins.so
> 2) I found mixed documentation saying to copy
> libnns_wins.so to /lib, some docs say with the name
> libnns_wins.so, some with libnns_wins.so.2. I did
> both
> just in case:)
> 3) I added wins to my "hosts:" field in
> /etc/nsswitch.conf
> 4) I restarted smbd/nmbd just in case.
> 
> I still can not `ping acormany` though. Am I missing
> something?
> 
> --- Herb Lewis <herb at sgi.com> wrote:
> > Look at the libnss_wins.so module and add wins to
> > your 
> > /etc/nsswitch file.
> > 
> > Adam Cormany wrote:
> > > 
> > > I am running redhat 7.3 with Samba 2.2.4. I was
> > > wondering if there was a way to use Samba to
> > resolve
> > > my IPs instead of having to add all the entries
> to
> > my
> > > /etc/hosts file? For instance, I would like to
> be
> > able
> > > to do `ping acormany` instead of `ping <IP
> > Address>`.
> > > We are currently using WINS on a Windows box to
> > > resolve the IPs. As of right now, I can `ping
> > > acormany` on a Windows system, but not on my
> > Redhat
> > > 7.3. Can this be resolved through Samba? If so,
> > could
> > > someone point me in the right direction?
> > > 
> > > Thanks
> > > Adam Cormany
> > > 
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