SAMBA configuration - Machine name

Mike McCarty Mike.McCarty at sbcglobal.net
Fri Mar 17 05:39:03 UTC 2006


Todd Zullinger wrote:

Thanks for the reply!

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> Mike McCarty wrote:
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>>I said that I can ping, and that's true, but not by name,
>>BTW. I use the (static) IP addresses.
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> What happens then if you try to use the ip instead of the name in the
> net use command on the dos box?

MSCLIENT does not support the use of IP addresses.

> You can use the hosts file (similar to the lmhosts file) on the dos
> box to associate the name of the linux box with its ip.  Then you
> ought to be be to ping by name.

Probably. I'm not sure what the connection is, though.

> Are there any other boxes on the network that you could test against

No.

> the linux box?  That would help you determine if samba isn't
> functioning or configured properly, or if it's the dos box that is in
> need of the fixing.

The Linux box cannot even find itself, at the moment. I tried
to use the client side of SAMBA to find the server, and it
failed.

Mike
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