Peter Ludwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Umm... why? What IS the /etc/lmhosts file? And if samba wants it, why is
> it not referred to in the Samba Documentation (the only thing I haven't
> done is grep the files to find it, perhaps I should...)?
$ man lmhosts
Reformatting lmhosts(5), please wait...
[...]
This *is* with Samba 2.2.0beta3 though, so you might not have it in
your version.
Basically, you use this file if you don't have a WINS server, all your
hosts have static names, broadcasting names isn't working
properly, or you think it might speed things up. e.g. I have:
192.168.15.7 NEPTUNE
because broadcast doesn't work over a PPP link and I want to be able
to access Neptune at work from my home dialup, without worrying about
how WINS will work when I disconnect.
More information is in the smb.conf(5) man page under `name resolve
order'.
If your network works and you don't have an lmhosts file, the only
effect is that you get an annoying error, which is why I said you
could ignore it. You could also put the following in your smb.conf.
name resolve order = bcast host
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