Re: [Hampshire] Network Attached (SMB) Storage questions

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Author: Vic
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To: hampshire
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Network Attached (SMB) Storage questions
> 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.

Vic.