[Samba] None

[John H Terpstra]

On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Amarnath B S wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kurt Weiss [mailto:input.maillists at kwnet.at]
> > Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 3:48 PM
> > To: Amarnath B S
> > Subject: Re: [Samba] None
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Amarnath B S schrieb:
> > > Hi,
> > >     I have been trying to configure my linux RH7.1 system to ping the
> > > windows desktops. I have setup winbind correctly (to my
> > knowledge) but still
> > > not able to ping windows desktops.
> >
> > is ping <ip adress> broken, or/and
> > is ping <name> broken???
>
> ping <name> is the one that is broken. I am able to ping the IP-address of
> the windoze box.
>
> >
> > ping has nothing to do with samba - if ping not successes, your
> > netconnection is not correct.
> > (except u ping with names, but ping uses DNS/hosts for nameresolving not
> > wins)
>
> But wins name-resolution is exactly what libnss_wins library supposed to do
> right? And the NSS entry in nsswitch.conf file is for name-resolution only,
> if i am right.

Correct, but did you configure samba's smb.conf for WINS resolution?

ie: [globals]
	...
	wins server = x.x.x.x
	...

_or_
	...
	wins support = Yes
	...


Are nmbd and smbd running on your machine?

- John T.

>
> checkout....
> http://us2.samba.org/samba/ftp/cvs_current/source/nsswitch/
>
>
> >
> > >
> > > Am I missing something here. Please let me know your experiences here if
> > > any. Please let me know if anymore info is required for debugging.
> > >
> > > thanks in advance,
> > > Amarnath.
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

-- 
John H Terpstra
Email: jht at samba.org