[Samba] NetBIOS name resolution from Linux

Chris Smith smb23 at realcomputerguy.com
Mon May 19 17:04:07 GMT 2008


On Monday 19 May 2008, L.P.H. van Belle wrote:
> dns proxy = yes
>         this is used to make sure samba resolves over DNS first.

The default is yes for that parameter but your explanation doesn't fit 
with the man page. It doesn't use DNS first it only uses it for 
unregistered names, therefore it must check the WINS database first.

-- 
Chris


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