Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 13:07:09 -0400 From: Mike Hernandez <sequethin@gmail.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: computer name Message-ID: <3060c2390510221007m38876bcdx6749af221e33d25@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7381F490-0CDC-48E5-9137-924B25A8F670@redry.net> References: <7381F490-0CDC-48E5-9137-924B25A8F670@redry.net>
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On 10/22/05, eoghan <freebsd@redry.net> wrote: > Id like to get it sending this name so I can also use it with samba > like: > \\home.nathaniel\public > Instead of using the machines IP address. Thanks for any help. If you don't have a local dns server that you control (i.e. that you can add the hostname too), then you'll have to add home.nathaniel to the hosts file of the box you are trying to get there from. Windows has a hosts file similar to your freebsd box. Mike
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