On Thu, 17 Oct 2002, Bert Rapp wrote:
>
> I want to be able to resolve windows machine names to their IP addresses
> while using Linux. What I'd like to be able to do, from my linux box at
> the command line is this,
>
> ping windows_machine_name
>
> Is there any way I can do this?
If you are using the samba-team RPM package for your linux system, then we
know you have libnss_wins.so in /lib.
So long as this library exists on your system:
1. Configure /etc/samba/smb.conf globals section
If your samba server is the WINS server you will have:
wins support = Yes
If your samba server is a WINS client then you will have:
wins server = x.x.x.x, where x.x.x.x is the WINS server
IP address.
2. Edit your /etc/nsswitch.conf file so it has:
hosts: files dns wins
3. Try it:
ping windows_machine_name
- John T.
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