On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 08:05:28AM -0600, Marvin Gerardo Aguero Salazar wrote: > Thanks to all the folks who replied to my original posting. I really do > appreciate it. What I was looking for was the /etc/resolv.conf approach. > > Unfortunately, I just realized that's not what I needed. :-) > > I thought the windows boxes of my co-worker's were translating names to > ip addresses for their DNS set up. > > I just realized it was not their DNS but rather the WINS server the one > that is translating from names to IP addresses.
Perhaps the winbind package will be useful? (No experience with it though.) apt-cache show winbind Package: winbind Priority: optional [...] Description: service to resolve user and group information from Windows NT servers This package provides the winbindd daemon, which provides a service for the Name Service Switch capability that is present in most modern C libraries (like the GNU C Library - glibc.) . The service provided by winbindd is called `winbind' and can be used to resolve user and group information from a Windows NT server. The service can also provide authentication services via an associated PAM module. -- Chris Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------- GNU/Linux --- The best things in life are free. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
