On 11-Jun-2003/14:04 +0100, "Hill, Benjamin W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I have a Linux box that I'd like people to be able to access via it's >machine name. However, to do this I have to add the IP address of the >machine to the "hosts" file on a Windows machine. I guess this is something >to do with WINS, or DNS servers... > >Is there any way to allow Windows machines to connect to this machine >without having to add the hostname into the hosts file?
You have a couple of options: - Run Samba and include your WINS server IP address in smb.conf. - Register the box in the DNS. Tony -- Anthony E. Greene <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA26 C484 A42A 60DD 6C94 239D AOL/Yahoo Chat: TonyG05 HomePage: <http://www.pobox.com/~agreene/> Linux: the choice of a GNU Generation. <http://www.linux.org/> -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
