ken@flyingtoasters.net
2003-Sep-19 20:39 UTC
[Samba] 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. > >-- >> jabber: ado@njs.netlab.cz << >> e-mail: ado@nirvanaclub.sk << ---------------------------------------- // just visit> http://www.nirvanaclub.sk