Connecting to ftp servers and pinging machines uses the system hostname resolution, true; connecting to Windows fileshares, using a protocol that natively supports NetBIOS names, does not.
And there are security and scalability reasons why it's not feasible to enable wins as part of hostname resolution by default. -- NetBIOS name resolution broken, but extremely easy to fix https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/555916 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
