[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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