Vu said he wanted to use FTP. FTP is *not* an SMB protocol and has nothing to do with Samba nor Lan Manager. Therefore, he needs hosts, not lmhosts. Ron Charles Curley wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 10:02:42AM -0600, Ron Johnson, Jr. wrote: > > We use the "hosts" file, not "lmhosts" in our LAN. > > Right. > > lmhosts is a microsoftism. It is used for SMB name resolution. The "lm" > comes from "Lan Manager", IBM's name for the protocol when they first came > up with it. You will find it on any NT box as Greg describes below. On a > W95/98 box it is in c:\windows. > > hosts is the Unix name and is used to tcp/ip name resolution. So the two > files do the same thing, but in the contenxt of different protocols. If > you have a Windows client running SMB for file sharing and tpc/ip for net > access, it may use both files. I have both on all of my Windows boxes. > > If you run Samba on your linux box, you have both, in /etc. > > You still need DNS resolution, although if you have an NT Server WINS will > do it as well. I don't know if Samba handles WINS or not. You need DNS for > resolving names outside your network. You can use DNS or hosts for name > resolution within your network. And you need lmhosts for SMB name > resolution in your own network. > > If you decide to uses hosts for your own network, you can get away with > using your ISP's name server directly. Better, use a caching only name > server on your firewall and have all your machines use it for name > resolution. I do the latter, and I think it speeds up net access over a > 56K modem noticably. > > > > > Also, use Windows Explorer Tools|Find|"Files or Folders" to > > find "hosts", since w98 & NT4 put it in different places. > > > > Ron > > > > Greg Stewart wrote: > > > > > > > I think that I have to config the DNS server in order to use the FTP > > > software > > > > > > I don't quite understand why you'd need to configure a DNS server to use an > > > ftp client on a local LAN. Do you mean that you want to be able to type > > > ftp \\mylinuxbox and connect to the linux box without having to type the IP > > > address? > > > > > > 1st, a DNS server maps IP addresses to FQDNs (fully qualified domain names). > > > Unless you have your domain names configured on your hosts, internally, this > > > is only going to confuse the issue. > > > > > > 2nd If your network is using DHCP to assign IP addresses, things are going > > > to be a little difficult. > > > > > > BUT, 3rd, if your IPs are static, you can enter the IP address of the linux > > > box and the name you want to call that linux box, in the lmhosts file on > > > your windows box's hard drive. > > > > > > If you are running NT, the file exists as "Lmhosts.sam" in the > > > C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\etc folder-- the ".sam" means "sample" and the > > > extension needs to be removed after you edit it. > > > > > > If you are running Win98 or otherwise, use the file find to locate the > > > lmhosts.sam file, and edit it where it lives. > > > > > > The format of the line to add is as follows (and stick it 'before' any > > > comments, as it slows windows down to have to sort through comments first): > > > > > > 192.168.0.1 mylinuxbox'sname > > > > > > Since you're on a local LAN, don't add a "dot" and a domain name...all you > > > want to do is define a name by which your windows box will call the linux > > > box. It can be "Fred" if you want, even it the linux box's name is > > > "Marsha"...it don't matter as long as you know what you're looking for. > > > > > > Don't forget to remove the ".sam" > > > > > > --Greg > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Vu Nguyen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > Hi > > > > I want to use WinFTP from one of the windows machine to access to the > > > Linux 7.1 machine (both of them in one local network, I can ping from one to > > > the other by the IP address because it does not understand by the name) . I > > > think that I have to config the DNS server in order to use the FTP software. > > > Does anyone have any ideas on how to do it. Please give me an advise and > > > thost steps. > > > > > > > > Thank you so much > > > > -- -- 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 +----------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA WWW : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | http://ronandheather.dhs.org | +----------------------------------------------------------+
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