Do you have a DNS Server ?? A M$ DNS server can be configured to look up names in a WINS db if it doesn't have an entry, that's probably how your windows computer can ping the name.
IMHO I don't see what Samba has to do with this? Josh Konkol, CNE MCSE Senior Network Analyst GuideOne Insurance Mail Stop AB-1 515-267-2427 [EMAIL PROTECTED] .~. /V\ /( )\ ^^-^^ -----Original Message----- From: Adam Cormany [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 2:49 PM To: Herb Lewis Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Samba] Name Resolution, Pinging Ok, I just finished compiling libnss_wins.so: 1) I did a `make nsswitch/libnns_wins.so 2) I found mixed documentation saying to copy libnns_wins.so to /lib, some docs say with the name libnns_wins.so, some with libnns_wins.so.2. I did both just in case:) 3) I added wins to my "hosts:" field in /etc/nsswitch.conf 4) I restarted smbd/nmbd just in case. I still can not `ping acormany` though. Am I missing something? --- Herb Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Look at the libnss_wins.so module and add wins to > your > /etc/nsswitch file. > > Adam Cormany wrote: > > > > I am running redhat 7.3 with Samba 2.2.4. I was > > wondering if there was a way to use Samba to > resolve > > my IPs instead of having to add all the entries to > my > > /etc/hosts file? For instance, I would like to be > able > > to do `ping acormany` instead of `ping <IP > Address>`. > > We are currently using WINS on a Windows box to > > resolve the IPs. As of right now, I can `ping > > acormany` on a Windows system, but not on my > Redhat > > 7.3. Can this be resolved through Samba? If so, > could > > someone point me in the right direction? > > > > Thanks > > Adam Cormany > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience > > http://launch.yahoo.com > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following > URL and read the > > instructions: > http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > > -- > ====================================================================== > Herb Lewis Silicon > Graphics > Networking Engineer 1600 > Amphitheatre Pkwy MS-510 > Strategic Software Organization Mountain > View, CA 94043-1351 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: > 650-933-2177 > http://www.sgi.com Fax: > 650-932-2177 > ====================================================================== > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following > URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
