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  1. bfranky

    Linux client on a WINS server ???

    Here's what I found out : If I add some server name/ip to the hosts file, then I can ping them using their names. But if I add them to the lmhosts file, I cannot ping them using their names... In NetConf, the name lookup order is hosts NIS dns , so I think it doesn't use the lmhosts file at all...
  2. bfranky

    Linux client on a WINS server ???

    Yes, I am trying to resolve our computer names on the server. Ex: I can't ping any of them by their Hostname, but I can with their IP... I did the Samba config you suggested, but still no luck... Looks like it doesn't use my WINS server at all... Even NMBLOOKUP won't resolve names of IP i'm...
  3. bfranky

    Linux client on a WINS server ???

    Actually, I do not connect to it. I do use a username/password existing on the domain, so if it needs to authenticate, it should be ok... Else then that, nothing is setup to login or share files with the NT domain YET... FB
  4. bfranky

    Linux client on a WINS server ???

    Hi everyone, I have the only Linux box in my company, and i'm kind of trying to make a point with it (yeah!!). The thing is, I can't get it to resolve host names... We are using two WINS server, but i'm not sure where to specify them in Linux (Mandrake 9.0)(in the DNS fields ?? Won't work) I...

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