Re: OT: How to get IP address via Samba name?

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Todd Pytel wrote:

> Did you try plain old "nmblookup PCname" ? That's the standard usage, no
> options.  If that still doesn't work, it could be a conflict with
> /etc/hosts or DNS, though I'm pretty sure nmblookup should bypass those.
> What kind of network are we dealing with here?
>
> --Todd
>
>
>  
westk[@westek]:/home/westk> smbclient -L alum03
Password:
Domain=[ACU] OS=[Windows NT 4.0] Server=[NT LAN Manager 4.0]

       Sharename      Type      Comment
       ---------      ----      -------
       ADMIN$         Disk      Remote Admin
       IPC$           IPC       Remote IPC
       C$             Disk      Default share
       D$             Disk      Default share

westk[@westek]:/home/westk> nmblookup alum03
querying alum03 on 150.252.135.255
name_query failed to find name alum03


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Kent West (westk@acu.edu)