[Samba] problems with name resolution in a small home network

[Chris]

On Monday 15 August 2005 02:42 am, Claude Jones wrote:
> The rndc stuff I referred to has to with
> getting named.conf and rndc.conf to refer to a secret key in order to
> do dns.

Just realized that it's r n d c. With the small font I'm using I thought 
it was m d c (the r really close to the n looks like an m).
A secret key in order to administer bind as it allows for remote 
administration.
I run BIND on my server here (an ancient SuSE 7.3 installation) but have 
never used the rndc utility. When I rebuild the server I'm switching 
over to djbdns.

Maybe you're just running a DNS proxy and no content server.
If you do "dig samba.org" does the line with SERVER have your server's 
IP address?
If you do "dig one.of.your.systems" (an FQDN for one of your systems), 
do you get an answer (is ANSWER: = 1)?

Feel free to reply off list if desired as this is getting less samba 
related.