samba - Sep 2003 - Transparent WINS hostname resolution?

Hi, all.  I've always assumed that there's a way to do transparent
WINS-based hostname resolution, but I'm durned if I can figure out how. 
In other words, I imagine that you could just add another entry to
/etc/resolv.conf (eg., "hosts:   files dns wins") that would allow me
to
ping foo
and have it attempt to resolve through each in turn.  Does this exist, and
I've just been missing it?  Sure, I can do "nmblookup foo", but
that's a
bit more awkward...  [Hmmm.  Just did some Googling, and, indeed, found a
sample resolv.conf with a wins entry -- but when I tried it, from a
machine that does nmblookup with no problems, it failed.  I dunno...]

Thanks,

Ken D'Ambrosio
Sr. SysAdmin,
Xanoptix, Inc.

I'm running 2.2.8 version,
but I should try this too,
thx.

ken@flyingtoasters.net wrote:
> Hi, all.  I've always assumed that there's a way to do transparent
> WINS-based hostname resolution, but I'm durned if I can figure out how.
> In other words, I imagine that you could just add another entry to
> /etc/resolv.conf (eg., "hosts:   files dns wins") that would
allow me to
> ping foo
> and have it attempt to resolve through each in turn.  Does this exist, and
> I've just been missing it?  Sure, I can do "nmblookup foo",
but that's a
> bit more awkward...  [Hmmm.  Just did some Googling, and, indeed, found a
> sample resolv.conf with a wins entry -- but when I tried it, from a
> machine that does nmblookup with no problems, it failed.  I dunno...]
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ken D'Ambrosio
> Sr. SysAdmin,
> Xanoptix, Inc.
> 
> 
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