[Samba] not able to do dns lookups after following samba 3 by example

Paul Gienger pgienger at ae-solutions.com
Thu May 12 19:43:23 GMT 2005


>   1.
>
>       Configure the name service switch (NSS) to handle WINS based
>       name resolution. Since this system does not use a DNS server, it
>       is safe to remove this option from the NSS configuration. Edit
>       the /etc/nsswitch.conf file so that the hosts: entry looks like
>       this:
>
>hosts:	files wins
>      
>
Given the context of that statement... there's nothing wrong with 
removing dns from the line.  HOWEVER - and this is a big one - I feel 
pretty confidant that I can count on my fist how many times I'll ever 
run into a system that will be happy running with no dns.

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