[Samba] nmblookup not honoring smb.conf?

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

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On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, adam morley wrote:

> my problem is that while nmblookup is reading smb.conf (see attached
> strace) its not honoring the name resolve order line and checking with
> the wins server.  am i missing something obvious?

Correct.  This is by design.  To query a WINS server use

	nmblookup -U <ip of wins server> -R <name to resolve>

I think this is in the nmblookup man page.



cheers, jerry
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