Although, I'd still like to know how MS Network Neighborhood does it. I don't want to set up my linux box as a server of any type since it's a laptop and is often taken out of the network when I travel. I mean let's just say for the sake of argument, that i've got a linux machine and a windows 98SE computer. How does Network Neighborhood get the computer name of my linux machine? Since I'm know I didn't set up the windows computer with any DNS or WINS server. but i'll go with what works for both. Any thoughts, please feel free to post 'em. =)
Sincerely, Vince
From: Buchan Milne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: "Mega Spaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Samba] LAN Browsing shows IP Addresses instead of Computer Names. Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 13:06:14 +0200
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> Message: 7 > Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 23:35:42 -0700 > From: "Mega Spaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Samba] LAN Browsing shows IP Addresses instead of Computer > Names. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed > > I'm trying to figure out how I can have my lan browser display computer > names instead of IP Addresses. I think the ip addresses are generated by my > router since if I add a new computer, the ip addresses will be different for > each computer. anyway let me give you the specs first. Running Samba > 2.2.8a-1 on Red Hat 7.3. I have not set up WINS or DNS at all.
That's your problem, reverse lookups need to work, either via DNS or nss_wins (apparently it works without a WINS server, in which case it used broadcasts).
I don't know is RH ships with a working nss_wins, if they do, it should work by adding "wins" to the hosts line of your /etc/nsswitch.conf file.
BTW, setting up working reverse DNS would be a better solution, for services that don't use get*ent, but direct DNS lookups.
> I have set
> up lisarc to use nmblookup. I'm assuming that my network is using
> broadcasting to get computers in my LAN since i have not set up any
computer
> names in hosts or lmhosts. The current set up works right now in that
> computers come up and can be browsed independant of the ip addresses
> assigned to the computers. ie. if computer Tron is up on the network,
and
> then I boot up Sark, Sark will show up at the first next broadcast.
but the
> computers show up in konqueror as ip addresses, not as Tron and Sark. My
> very old first setup attempt had me manually adding ip addresses and
names
> manually in the /etc/hosts file. but that would mess up the lan
browsing if
> another new computer was added to the network. So if Sark is 192.168.0.2
> and Tron is 192.168.0.3 and let's say my brother brings his laptop and
i put
> his laptop on the network, the ip addresses on the network will change to
> something like Sark = 192.168.0.3, Tron = 192.168.0.2 and my brother's
> laptop maybe something like Bros_comp = 192.168.0.4. but the /etc/hosts
> file will have the old assignments which really messes up the browsing
part.
> Anyway right now i think i have it set up almost right since i can
browse
> the network and the computers on the network will be found no matter the
> time they are actually booted up, but ip addresses in the lan browsing
isn't
> very useful and I would like to see the computer names displayed in
the lan
> browsing in konqueror. thank you for your patience, time, and any
help you
> can provide.
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