Re: DNS Lookups

[George Bonser <grep@shorelink.com>]

Microsoft will not "invent" DNS until NT5. Easy way is to simply insert
the IP adddesses into the /etc/hosts file OR buy the book "DNS and BIND"
from www.ora.com and learn how to build your own DNS server.


On Sun, 4 Jul 1999, Rudy Broersma wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> My linux boxes can't perform DNS lookups. For example, if I want to mount an
> SMB Share, I have to do something like this:
> 
> SMBMOUNT //NTSERVER/NT_SHARE /MOUNTPOINT
> 
> But all I get back is: NTServer: Unknown host.
> 
> The same happends when I ping my NTserver using his domain name: Ping
> NTServer
> All I get is: NTServer: Unknown hosts.
> 
> And lots of other things (linux boxes can't talk to each other!)
> 
> So, anybody knows how to set domain name servers?
> My NTserver is a primary domain server, and I also got a NT Terminal Server
> which is a backup domain server. They have the following IP's: 192.168.1.1
> (NTserver) and 192.168.1.2 (NTTServer (terminal server)).
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Rudy
> 
> P.S.: The printing problem (banner) is solved. I added a line into my
> SMB.CONF.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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George Bonser

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