On Fri, 2005-01-07 at 22:50, Craig White wrote: > in samba server (smb.conf) add 1 line > > wins support = true > > restart samba > > chances are, the windows computers will all be happy. If not, add the ip > address of the linux computer to TCP/IP configuration on the windows > computers or better yet, to the dhcp server > > My guess is that SuSE had 'wins support = true' already set. I don't > think that samba.org ships it that way as a default > > Craig The way I read the original posters question he wanted the Linux system to resolve other windows systems IP addresses. I believe setting wins support to true makes the linux system run a wins server. It will not resolve names for IP type operations. But if that fixes his problem great. :) -- Scot L. Harris webid@xxxxxxxxxx It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.
