"Richard B. Talley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

[snip - smbmount problems]

> I learned a new Linux installation needs to be told where to find other 
> machines. DNS or a local file (HOSTS ?) or -I switch.

The file is /etc/hosts.

If you install samba you can use nmblookup to find out the address.  I 
think newer (2.1.x kernel) versions of smbmount will do this
automatically.  Try `nmblookup the-computer' (or nmblookup -d 2 '*').

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         Carey Evans  http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/c.evans/

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