-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 10:00:39AM +0100, Hill, Benjamin W wrote: > I have a GNU/Linux server on a windows network with Samba running. I can get > to that machine using it's IP address, but only using it's hostname if I add > an entry into the Windows client's hosts file.
Yup. You want to enable WINS in the samba daemon (it's right there in /etc/samba/smb.conf) and tell your other clients about the WINS server. If you're using DHCP to configure your Windows hosts, you can automate the task of telling them about the WINS server by telling your DHCP server about it. - -- .''`. Baloo Ursidae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : proud Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fix a system -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+8GqcJ5vLSqVpK2kRAmWFAKDHHsMf6EletMvijnaISBNlu8x7PACdGZEU 8OtrVFmXCIW05XqtfatioXo= =lLTt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
