Configuring NETBIOS/Samba

[Tom Taylor]

Roger Grosswiler wrote:
> If you really want this, you can (not very, but still) easily install the
> bind-dns-server on your linux-box with the linux-dhcp-server (preferable)
> as dynamic-dns-server. i do so with my servers at home, this works very
> fine and is not that hard...
> howto for dhcp-server-config:
> http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/custom-guide/s1-dhcp-configuring-server.html
> howto for bind
> :http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=&threadid=80095&highlight=ddns
> (seems not that bad...)
> so you will get your ips updated, if you customize also your
> dhclient-script on your clients (linux-clients only) and tell all your
> clients where to find your dns-server...
> HTH
> Roger

Thanks Roger, but I feel this solution is a little over the top for my 
home network. Surely there must be a way of doing NETBIOS DNS lookup 
under Fedora? That's all I really want! :)

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Tom Taylor
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