samba mount by name

[Aivaras]

Thank you a lot. When started nmbd no problems left.

David Stanford wrote:
> Aivaras,
>
> I had this problem a while back too. If I remember correctly, I didn't 
> have nmbd running. Also, as a quicker workaround, you could just add 
> the host map to your Windows hosts file located in 
> C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts.
>
> -David
>
> On 1/22/06, *Aivaras* <ashas at takas.lt <mailto:ashas at takas.lt>> wrote:
>
>     How to get to samba share by name?
>
>     On windows mashine typing in explorer \\192.168.0.1 opens shares and
>     \\server doesnt.
>
>     Mounting localy on server:
>
>     mount_smbfs -I 192.168.0.1 <http://192.168.0.1> //server/data
>     /mnt/samba - works
>     mount_smbfs //server/data /mnt/samba - mount_smbfs: can't get server
>     address: syserr = Operation timed out
>     ping server - I get good response - ping works to that name.
>
>     /etc/hosts:
>     192.168.0.1 <http://192.168.0.1> server.domain.com
>     <http://server.domain.com> server
>
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