On Saturday, Oct 12, 2002, at 12:25 Europe/Vienna, Anand Rawat wrote:
i am using sharity on AIX 4.3.2 .The error message means that the computer name could not be translated to an IP address. If you don't have a WINS server, the lookup works through broadcasts. Sharity broadcasts a query on the local network, asking for the IP address for the name. The destination computer (with the name which was asked) will answer the query and tell its IP address.
i have installed sharity on the unix bos using root login.
we r not using the WINS server and hence during installation when it asks
for WINS server IP address ..we leave that line blank.
sharity gets installed with any error
later when i use cifsmount .. i get an error message
the commnd i use and the error message i get are as follows
Command:
./cifsmount //<windows machine>/<C drive> /<unix home direcotry>/<unix
working directory> -U<user name on Window NT machine>
Error message:
LOC: netbios lookup failure
This procedure fails if:
- the destination computer is in an other network segment
(broadcasts don't cross segment boundaries)
- the destination computer is down or otherwise unreachable
- the destination computer does not run a netbios name service daemon
If you can't get name lookups working, you can explicitly configure IP addresses for your servers in the Sharity GUI. Go to the "CIFS Servers" section, click the "Add" button, enter the computer's name and click OK. Then switch to expert mode and set the IP address for this entry.
If you don't run the GUI, you can also add it to your /etc/hosts file. You can NOT use IP addresses directly with 'cifsmount', though.
Regards, Christian.
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Dipl.-Ing. Christian Starkjohann
Objective Development
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