09-12-2016, 07:21 PM
Hi,
Maybe irrelevant or off topic..??
When I first started using Linux inc Linux Lite(my only OS now) I had real issues to get named services(?) running so I could just use PC names to/from Linux <> Windows.
Long story short, I now on every install/re-install do the following.(some of this maybe uneccessary, but I have yet to have issues)
Then:
Add/Check or Modify the following
name resolve order = bcast host lmhosts wins
local master = no
Then:
Then change the line:
hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns
To this:
hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] wins dns
Then re-boot
Maybe irrelevant or off topic..??
When I first started using Linux inc Linux Lite(my only OS now) I had real issues to get named services(?) running so I could just use PC names to/from Linux <> Windows.
Long story short, I now on every install/re-install do the following.(some of this maybe uneccessary, but I have yet to have issues)
Code:
sudo apt-get install system-config-samba cifs-utils libnss-winbind winbind gvfs-backends
Code:
gksu leafpad /etc/samba/smb.conf
name resolve order = bcast host lmhosts wins
local master = no
Then:
Code:
gksu leafpad /etc/nsswitch.conf
hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns
To this:
hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] wins dns
Then re-boot
Upgrades WIP 2.6 to 2.8 - (6 X 2.6 to 2.8 completed on: 20/02/16 All O.K )
Linux Lite 3.0 Humming on a ASRock N3070 Mobo ~ btrfs RAID 10 Install on 4 Disks
Computers Early days:
ZX Spectrum(1982) , HP-150 MS-DOS(1983) , Amstrad CPC464(1984) , BBC Micro B+64(1985) , My First PC HP-Vectra(1987)
Linux Lite 3.0 Humming on a ASRock N3070 Mobo ~ btrfs RAID 10 Install on 4 Disks

Computers Early days:
ZX Spectrum(1982) , HP-150 MS-DOS(1983) , Amstrad CPC464(1984) , BBC Micro B+64(1985) , My First PC HP-Vectra(1987)