[Samba] Name Resolution, Pinging

[Adam Cormany]

We do have a DNS, but we do not use it at all for our
internal inoffice resolution. We use WINS only for our
internal office resolution.

--- "Konkol, Josh" <JKonkol at guidemail.com> wrote:
> So you don't have a DNS server ??
> 
> Josh Konkol, CNE MCSE  
> Senior Network Analyst
> GuideOne Insurance
> Mail Stop AB-1
> 515-267-2427
> jkonkol at guidemail.com
> 
>  .~.
>  /V\
> /( )\
> ^^-^^
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Cormany [mailto:acormany at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 3:16 PM
> To: Konkol, Josh
> Cc: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: RE: [Samba] Name Resolution, Pinging
> 
> 
> 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?  
> > 
> > Josh Konkol, CNE MCSE  
> > Senior Network Analyst
> > GuideOne Insurance
> > Mail Stop AB-1
> > 515-267-2427
> > jkonkol at guidemail.com
> > 
> >  .~.
> >  /V\
> > /( )\
> > ^^-^^
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -----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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