> -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Weiss [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 3:48 PM > To: Amarnath B S > Subject: Re: [Samba] None > > > > > Amarnath B S schrieb: > > Hi, > > I have been trying to configure my linux RH7.1 system to ping the > > windows desktops. I have setup winbind correctly (to my > knowledge) but still > > not able to ping windows desktops. > > is ping <ip adress> broken, or/and > is ping <name> broken???
ping <name> is the one that is broken. I am able to ping the IP-address of the windoze box. > > ping has nothing to do with samba - if ping not successes, your > netconnection is not correct. > (except u ping with names, but ping uses DNS/hosts for nameresolving not > wins) But wins name-resolution is exactly what libnss_wins library supposed to do right? And the NSS entry in nsswitch.conf file is for name-resolution only, if i am right. checkout.... http://us2.samba.org/samba/ftp/cvs_current/source/nsswitch/ > > > > > Am I missing something here. Please let me know your experiences here if > > any. Please let me know if anymore info is required for debugging. > > > > thanks in advance, > > Amarnath. > > > > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
