[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Samba, WINS support and smbclient not using wins.

[Chris Cox]

Richard Geoffrion wrote:
> Kyle Davenport <Kyle_Davenport at compusa.com> wrote:
> 
>>>>Try adding "wins" to the "hosts:" line in /etc/nsswitch.conf
>>>
>>>Thanks for the stab!  You know I did try that...but it didn't seem
>>>to have any effect.  I'm not even sure that I'm running whatever
>>>uses the nsswitch.conf file.  Do I have to figure out what NIS is
>>>and run that?
>>
>>darn.  when it's working, you'll be able to "ping hostname" with a
>>hostname that's not in DNS but is in WINS.  No I'm not using NIS.  In
>>the "nsswitch.conf" man page, these are settings for libc functions -
>>in this case, gethostbyname.  Any processes using it must be
>>restarted if nsswitch.conf changes.
> 
> 
> 
> So does that mean that it SHOULD be working for me??? or does it mean that
> this is a case where the server should be rebooted? (I have NO idea what
> process could be using the nsswitch.conf)
> 
> Does this work for you?  Can you ping a WINS hostname and get a reply ping?

Works in SuSE 8.0 with the libnss_wins out of the box.  You need to have
a wins server entry in your smb.conf to make sure it can find your wins
server.  Then make the change in nsswitch.conf to point hosts to use
wins.  I tested by disabling dns in nsswitch.conf and just using wins
for resolution... worked well for me... even with ping.

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