Hi, you can resolve this by following this howto.
http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/343 Configuring Dynamic DNS & DHCP set your resolve.conf to resolve on localhost first and set the search order. example of the resolve.conf search yourlocaldomain.internal.local otherdomain.com nameserver 127.0.0.1 nameserver ipofprovider Louis >-----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- >Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens >Olivier Parisy >Verzonden: vrijdag 16 mei 2008 2:05 >Aan: [email protected] >Onderwerp: [Samba] NetBIOS name resolution from Linux > >Hi all, > >I set up a Samba server (version 3.0.24) names "Lamp" on a Debian Etch >distribution. It provides a "guest" (guest ok = yes, guest only = yes, >security = SHARE) access to a "share" directory, which works fine. >Indeed, I can access \\lamp\share from a Windows machine (named >"Ginger") without issuing a password. > >I can also ping the Linux machine from the Windows one using "ping >Lamp", and get the Windows machine IP from its NetBIOS name: ># nmblookup Ginger >querying Ginger on 192.168.1.255 >192.168.1.22 Ginger<00> > > >But I cannot ping (or, more generally, resolve the name of) >the Windows >machine from the Linux one: ># ping Ginger >ping: unknown host Ginger > > >I hence followed the guidelines from those links: >http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-182824.html >http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-networking-3/linu >xsamba-pdc-cant-resolve-windows-names-622797/ > >Which means I installed winbind and modified /etc/nsswitch.conf by >adding "wins" to the "hosts" entry. As I understand it, >winbind provides >a bridge between nmbd and gethostbyname() by using the "Name Service >Switch". Please note that I am not interested in the "active >directory" >part of winbind, nor in joining a domain, etc. > >Anyway, after I performed those modifications, "ping Ginger" actually >worked. But then, \\lamp\share could not be accessed anymore >(the error >message was "The specified group does not exist"). > >Now, as soon as I remove the winbind package, I can access >\\lamp\share >again, but "ping Ginger" does not work anymore. > > >I've been suggested on #samba to drop winbind and simply add "wins >support = yes" to smb.conf; but then "ping Ginger" does not >work any better. > > >So, can I keep my simple "share" configuration, *and* >integrate NetBIOS >name resolution to my Linux system using Name Service Switch? > >FWIW, I posted my smb.conf here: http://pastebin.ca/1019614 ><http://pastebin.ca/1019614> and nsswitch.conf here: >http://pastebin.ca/1019612 <http://pastebin.ca/1019612>. > >Any hint would be greatly approciated. Wht should I look for? > >Regards. > >-- >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
