Name resolution with WINS - finally

[Craig White]

William Lindley wrote:
> 
> Awhile back I asked the question, How do I set up name resolution so my
> Windows boxen with DHCP-assigned IP's can work from Linux?
> 
> Samba 2.2.2 finally has this!  From www.mandrakeforum.com:
> 
> =====
> nss_wins
> 
> nss_wins is another shared library, which allows name resolution via
> netbios names. What does this mean? It means, that finally, you can do:
> 
>       # ping windows_machine
> 
> where windows_machine is the netbios name (as set under the network
> control panel applet on the identification tab). To enable this, you need
> to add a "wins" entry to /etc/nsswitch.conf. In the samba-2.2.2. RPMs this
> is done for you.
> 
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Wins is alright but Microsoft is phasing it out - starting with Windows
2000, samba-2.2.2 is supposed to have working version of winbind which I
think is even more significant, allowing users with windows accounts to
login to samba without having a local account.

Craig