From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 19 01:24:32 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 692E016A41B; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:24:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sean@gothic.net.au) Received: from visi.gothic.net.au (unknown [IPv6:2001:388:f000::a25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26B5913C458; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:24:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sean@gothic.net.au) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by visi.gothic.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id C44D4171A4D; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:26:54 +1100 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gothic.net.au Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (visi.gothic.net.au [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with SMTP id Diwoff-n1l7Q; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:26:52 +1100 (EST) Received: from [IPv6:2002:9665:9a11:1:21c:b3ff:febe:59cc] (unknown [IPv6:2002:9665:9a11:1:21c:b3ff:febe:59cc]) (Authenticated sender: sean) by visi.gothic.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22C70171A48; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:26:52 +1100 (EST) Message-Id: <01336154-6A88-4DAD-9319-690F3307902F@gothic.net.au> From: Sean To: Jeremy Chadwick In-Reply-To: <20080218172524.GA6302@eos.sc1.parodius.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v919.2) Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:24:25 +1100 References: <20080218172524.GA6302@eos.sc1.parodius.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.919.2) Cc: gvm999 , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Netbios name resolving for ping and other software (rdesktop, ..) X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:24:32 -0000 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 > " >