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  • the domain: is foo.bar.local
  • full hostname is: bla.foo.bar.local

  • short hostname is: bla

  • I installed winbind.

  • here is my smb.conf:

    name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast

  • here is my nsswitch.conf:

hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns wins mdns4

when I try to ping full hostname, I get: "ping: unknown host"

when I ping short hostname it works and shows me

PING bla.foo.bar.local (10.11.20.135) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from bla.foo.bar.local (10.11.20.135): icmp_req=1 ttl=62 time=49.7 ms

*notice that it manages to get the full hostname!? :S

now the only reason I need it is cuz I'm trying to reach intranet websites. when I type short hostname "bla" in firefox address bar, it automatically changes it to the full hostname (which is good, right?!) but then it says:

Server not found Firefox can't find the server at bla.foo.bar.local.

what am I doing wrong? it's driving me nutz. so if you are wandering then yes, it is company intranet I'm trying to reach from ubuntu. If I use my crappy winxp everything is working perfectly well.

Nimrod Dayan
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I managed to solve it. There are essentially 3 steps required to get Ubuntu to fully communicate with Windows based intranet machines.

  1. Install Samba and Winbind
  2. modify /etc/samba/smb.conf like this:

[global]

        workgroup = DOMAIN_NAME

        server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)

   wins server = WINS_IP_ADDRESS

        dns proxy = no

   name resolve order = wins lmhosts host bcast

*notice the last line, "wins" comes first in the order!

  1. modify /etc/nsswitch.conf instead of having:

hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns wins mdns4

change it to:

hosts:          files dns wins mdns4

restart computer (or restart samba and network) that's it, enjoy!

Nimrod Dayan
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Please make sure that the first line of your resolv.conf file is: search foo.bar.local

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