2015-03-29 20:32:35 +01:00
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title: NetBIOS/WINS support
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layout: default
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created: 2008-08-21 10:36:55 +0200
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updated: 2008-08-21 10:45:41 +0200
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toc: false
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tags:
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- know-how
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- software
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- linux
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- networking
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- netbios
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- wins
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2015-03-29 21:05:46 +01:00
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To enable lookup of WINS-names in Ubuntu, edit the file `/etc/nsswitch.conf` and find the line:
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hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4
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2015-03-29 21:05:46 +01:00
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Append `wins` to the end of the line so that it looks like this:
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hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4 wins
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From now on you can also use NetBIOS names to address PCs in your LAN.
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