You can create a 'hosts' file, just like unix/linux hosts files in \windows\system32\drivers\etc and that may work for you. --Jesse
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aravinda Guzzar Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 12:59 PM To: Toni Casueps Cc: samba@lists.samba.org Subject: Re: [Samba] PDC as wins server Hi, >>>We have a Samba server which acts mainly as file server, but we want it to >>>resolve host names for local machines. I have written some IP-hostname lines >>>both in /etc/hosts and /etc/samba/lmhosts, and I have "wins support = yes" >>>in smb.conf, but then from a Windows client I try to ping one of those hosts >>>and it can't resolve the address. I don't think samba is designed to do the job of WINS/DNS which basically resolves the IP-hostname. The "/etc/hosts", "/etc/samba/lmhosts" and "wins support is basically for host operating system or for samba. I don't think you can get the hostname resolved through these entries from the client. The wins support options enables the host system to register itself in the WINS server. For client to resolve the IP-hostname you can either use WINS, DNS or edit the file "c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts" enter the IP and hostname in windows client and reload it ( i have forgotten the actual command to reload/purge). HTH Aravinda (Views expressed here are my personal opinion ONLY) -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
