Friday 16 March 2012

resolve local network names on ubuntu

resolve local network names on ubuntu

1) edit nsswitch.conf file
in /etc/nsswitch.conf:
change :
hosts: files dns
to:
hosts: files wins dns


2) install winbind package
sudo apt-get install winbind


now you can ping other computers on your local net by their names instead by their ip addresses




taken from here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=88206

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