PMFJI, I haven't read all the messages under this header, so I don't know why host files are being discussed in the context of Samba, but to clarify:The differense in hosts and lmhosts on your windows computer is hosts says what IP goes with what hostname.domain.name, and lmhosts file allows you to associate a hostname with an IP so you don't have to use the full domain name in your commands and such.And not sure, but I think you have to restart windows once you change those, so they are read.
hosts -- is used for DNS name resolution
lmhosts -- is used for Netbios name resolution
and Windows does not have to be restarted.
