On Friday 07 November 2008 09:17:27 Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
I have joined a Windows Active Directory and all works fine. Except one thing: I am unable to resolve network addresses that are in WINS but not DNS. (Why such a situation exists is a mystery over which I have no control - I must simply deal with it). In the Samba Server config in YAST, I can select that the WINS server should be set via DHCP. Well, the machine does not boot via DHCP. So, how should I arrange this? Is there any possible conflict with the AD stuff if I add a wins server to /etc/samba/smb.conf? Will that even be used by the resolver? My /etc/nsswitch.conf file looks like this (set up by YAST):
Hello Roger, Have you tried simply adding the IP address of the WINS server to /etc/samba/smb.conf? Like so: wins server = w.x.y.z. This should fix the problem resolving wins hosts, imho. HTH, Joop ------------------------------------------------------------ Dit bericht is gescand op virussen en andere gevaarlijke inhoud door MailScanner en lijkt schoon te zijn. Mailscanner door http://www.prosolit.nl Professional Solutions fot IT -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org