On 1/14/2010 12:58 PM, Holger Rauch wrote: > Hi Jeffrey, > > thanks again for your quick reply. > > On Thu, 14 Jan 2010, Jeffrey Altman wrote: > >> [...] >> You can manually install the Microsoft Loopback Adapter with "Add >> Hardware Control Panel" and configure it to match: >> [...] >> [x] Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP >> [x] Enable LMHOSTS lookup > > That's interesting. Do I really need NetBIOS enabled? Can't I just get > by simply by using SMB over plain TCP/IP (port 445 only)? I have > NetBIOS over TCP/IP disabled on my normal (physical) network > interface. Also, the corresponding NetBIOS services are disabled. > LMHOSTS lookup is disabled for my physical interface as well. > > Why are NetBIOS and LMHOSTS needed for OpenAFS? > > Thanks in advance & kind regards, > > Holger >
The OpenAFS SMB Server registers the name "AFS" using NetBIOS. LHMOSTS publishes a mapping of "AFS" to the static IP address of the loopback adapter.
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