On Fri, 2008-01-25 at 10:07 -0500, James Pifer wrote: > > ---- > > sounds like on the F7 system, you need settings in global section of > > smb.conf something like... > > > > wins support = no > > wins server = ip_address_of_wins_server > > > > Craig > > > > Isn't wins support = no the default? ---- I believe that's correct, I just like to ensure some details ---- > > And if you don't have a WINS server? ---- again, I like to ensure some details and WINS is primary methodology of Windows BIOS name resolution. You can easily test name resolution from your FC5 system by typing... smbclient -L BIOS_NAME_OF_NEW_SYSTEM and see if it finds the system via the name resolution Craig
