Hello All I just recently installed SAMBA (2.05) on my RH 5.2 (intel) on my system, so I can connect to my Windows 98 system in the best possible manner. Well the installation of SAMBA was suprisingly(sp?) easy and I got things connected pretty much the way I wanted. One problem persited though, as SAMBA (smbd,nmbd) would suddenly stop working without any apparent changes on my part. all of a sudden, i would lose the abil ity to reach my samba services from my Windows machine. I would get an error regarding an "unknown host" from smbd.. (this is from log.smbd) [1999/11/23 01:04:24, 0] lib/util_sock.c:open_socket_in(854) Get_Hostbyname: Unknown host tim-annex-port16.vianet.on.ca Well I finally tracked down the cause: Of course when I connect to the internet using dialup to my ISP , my "hostname" would get changed to something like: "tim-annex-port16.vianet.on.ca" (I get a dynamic ip number from my ISP) My solution was to issue the following command: "hostname localhost.localdomain" Now finally for the question: Is there a way to prevent the above problem? If not, what would be the best way to keep my $HOSTNAME at "local.localdomain"? Thank You in Advance ---------------------------------- E-Mail: Tom Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 23-Nov-99 Time: 15:33:11 Timmins, Ontario, Canada This message was sent by XFMail ---------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
