Author: alan c Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Network Attached (SMB) Storage questions
Vic wrote: >> And finding that I had to use the IP
>> address only, not the hostname (which did not work) was very
>> unsettling.
>
> You'll find that the htoname will work just fine - if your resolver can
> resolve it! I'll bet your DNS server knows nothing of the hostname...
>
> Easiest way out of this (if you've only got a few machines) is to add an
> entry to /etc/hosts.
Aha! looks like I will read that chapter too.Thanks.
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alan cocks
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