> I think you misunderstood this. Nmblookup runs on the backuppc server, > not each client, and it communicates with the native windows name > resolution protocol
When I run nmblookup on the server, I expect a response to the broadcast from clients, and in particular from Linux clients (which do not have native windows name resolution). If I got it right, the nmbd daemon can do that job, and this daemon is packaged into the samba-server. I tried: after installing the samba-server and adjusting the firewall correspondingly I get the responses with the name-to-address mapping. Did I misinterpret how it works? Yes, I will have a look at installing a name server. But I wonder whether a 10-line script (probably fewer lines) for occasionally adjusting /etc/hosts is not much simpler. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
