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. > > -- > | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at > parodius.com | > | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ > | > | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, > USA | > | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: > 4BD6C0CB | > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > " >
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