Netbios name resolving for ping and other software (rdesktop, ..)

[Sean]

12:21 Tue 19-Feb root at queen:0 [~] pkg_info -W /usr/local/lib/ 
nss_winbind.so.1
/usr/local/lib/nss_winbind.so.1 was installed by package samba-3.0.28,1


Install the Samba port, and try configuring nss_winbind and nss_wins  
using instructions from that.


On 19/02/2008, at 4:25 AM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 05:53:42PM +0100, gvm999 wrote:
>> I want to be able to resolve Netbios names without the use of /etc/ 
>> hosts nor
>> a DNS server.
>>
>> However I cant get it to work.
>> ...
>> Cat /etc/nsswitch.conf
>>
>> hosts: files wins winbind bcast dns
>
> This won't work, because FreeBSD does not understand source types
> "wins", "winbind", nor "bcast".  See the nsswitch.conf manpage for
> details regarding what sources are actually accepted.
>
> Sounds like Linux has this capability, which is why it works there.
>
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