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Date:      Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:24:25 +1100
From:      Sean <sean@gothic.net.au>
To:        Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        gvm999 <gvm999@gmail.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Netbios name resolving for ping and other software (rdesktop, ..)
Message-ID:  <01336154-6A88-4DAD-9319-690F3307902F@gothic.net.au>
In-Reply-To: <20080218172524.GA6302@eos.sc1.parodius.com>
References:  <a1ed72c0802180853vf9bc745m686ebdd55e252e74@mail.gmail.com> <20080218172524.GA6302@eos.sc1.parodius.com>

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12:21 Tue 19-Feb root@queen:0 [~] pkg_info -W /usr/local/lib/ 
nss_winbind.so.1
/usr/local/lib/nss_winbind.so.1 was installed by package samba-3.0.28,1


Install the Samba port, and try configuring nss_winbind and nss_wins  
using instructions from that.


On 19/02/2008, at 4:25 AM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 05:53:42PM +0100, gvm999 wrote:
>> I want to be able to resolve Netbios names without the use of /etc/ 
>> hosts nor
>> a DNS server.
>>
>> However I cant get it to work.
>> ...
>> Cat /etc/nsswitch.conf
>>
>> hosts: files wins winbind bcast dns
>
> This won't work, because FreeBSD does not understand source types
> "wins", "winbind", nor "bcast".  See the nsswitch.conf manpage for
> details regarding what sources are actually accepted.
>
> Sounds like Linux has this capability, which is why it works there.
>
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