[Leaplist] fuz help on LAN name resolve

[Doug Jones]

fuz,

I still don't know how to reply to digest mail list so i'm keeping this
short, me & you wrote;

<snip>
>>> My problem is that I have to resort to using the static IP in the mount
call to mount a CIFS store to my new fedora boxen.
<snip>
>>> This is not a  request to solve a problem, I've got (almost) everything
working that I need to.
>>> If anyone remembers a link that lead to an "AH HA" moment re name
resolution (smbfs/CIFS/nfs) please pass it on.

>I have an answer, and please forgive me for going into what might be too
many details:

Great stuff but much exceeded my present comprehension.  I'll study a bit
and reformulate Q.  The
education on nmblookup was a good step forward but it led me to other
questions cause it seems
to find all boxes fine.

Old days (rh9) I used to mount a samba share like this;
mount -t smb //UBUNTU/PUBLIC /mnt/u_pub

later I mounted from ubuntu thusly;
sudo mount -t smbfs -0 uid=1000 -o gid=1000 //UBUNTU/PUBLIC /mnt/u_pub

now on the fedora box I had to change to CIFS and the use of 'named' hosts
above no longer works.  Now i gotta do this;
mount -t cifs //192.168.1.110/PUBLIC /mnt/u_pub

Hey... I order EXACTLY the same dish in every restaurant I go to FOR YEARS!
Why it _are_ that
I can't do that at the penguin smorgasbord?  (all in jest... I ain't
bitchin'  I'm still amazed at all the
blinkin' lights)

beak
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