Recent content by deadeyes

I don't know as I have no mac for almost half a year now. Did putting it in /etc/hosts fix it for you? I should think it would but I don't like statical config. So I hope you can fix it with nmbd.

Are you sure it resolves the netbios name to the correct IP through netbios? Or did it resolve through /etc/hosts? As far as I know now: the lookup through netbios(smb) works with the nmbd daemon. This is part of samba. With smblookup hostname you can then check if the ip resolves correct...

Thanks for telling what did work for you. probably this will help others. Unfortunately, I don't longer own a macbook. I think I remember what my problem was, and it could be that this had to do with the system not trying to resolve with nmbd. If I ever come across this problem again, I...

Thanks for your effort. But sharing files is working.. I just want to be able to use netbios name for example Remote Desktop or CUPS(uses it for sharing printers automatically but as I cant resolve it, it is not working)

DNS is indeed very important for the internet. But NETBIOS is zero-configuration which makes it easy if someone joins the network temporarily. Pls do mind that I can resolve hostnames with nmblookup, but ping does not use NETBIOS as name resolution, nor the browser does. The nmbd daemon...

Sorry, but using a dns for resolving local ip addresses is again a workaround. Same for /etc/hosts. If the IP changes (which is certainly possible because of DHCP host configuration) this will not work anymore. I tried to solve this with nmbd (which is the deamon for netbios name resolution...

This is all great, but I dont understand why it does not work. This is a workaround, and I dont like those. I need THE fix for this. I know in linux you can use /etc/nsswitch and put in the different methods of host resolution like this: hosts: files winbind dns I tried it but did not...

Hi all, I just got my first macbook. All seems to be working great... except: When I try to browse to a server in my network with the IP everything works fine. When I use the hostname it cant resolve the name so it fails. this is very annoying because a shared printer by cups uses its...

Do I get a console if Im working in single user mode?(if not, how do I get a console?) and does this also mean that there are no extra services who can overwrite the file?

I Will try it. Thanks!

Hi all, There is a problem on the mac that im learning on. The owner of it, had alot of pictures on it. But another time they werent there anymore he said. He dont know if he deletede them or moved them or... I know it is risky to boot from the hard disk if you have deleted files...

Hi all, Im very new to mac, but familiar with Linux and Windows. I am learning mac os x with someone else his mac. He asked me if I knew how to switch off the "speech" program that is constantly on the foreground. It is very annoying and he never uses it. Can someone help me? Greetings!