[olug] hostname resolution through WINS

[T. J. Brumfield]

The other solution is to simply create a HOSTS file.

However, I think the problem is that the Windows hosts aren't going
out of their way to broadcast themselves because you don't have a DC.
You may have to go to each Windows box and add your WINS server. In
that case, a HOSTS file might be the easier route, but it won't
auto-update.

-- T. J. Brumfield

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Adam Lassek<adam at doubleprime.net> wrote:
> I have a linux server in a mostly Windows-based network, and currently we
> don't have a domain controller, and I don't really have the time to set one
> up. I'd like to be able to resolve hostnames on the linux machine through
> WINS, and I've set it up as a WINS server. I can successfully resolve IPs
> using nmblookup, but other utilities are still returning unknown host. Is
> there a way to make the system resolve hosts through nmb automatically?
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