smbclient -L host works. ping host doesn't work. What is missing
- by DrorCohen
I upgrade my ubuntu desktop to 13.10. When I say upgrade I mean installed on a new partition from scratch (old partition is available if
To the problem:
I'm trying to ping a host (Drobo-FS server) by it's netbios name. I get "Unknown Host". However running smbclient -l HostName - give me all the output in the world.
Stracing the ping I can it tries to use resolv.conf (expected fail) and then when accessing
mdns stuff it fails (no mdns.allow file) and exits.
Here's the host line from /etc/nsswitch.conf:
hosts: files wins mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4
I've added wins right after files (and also tried before dns. Nothing helps. Reboot after every change.
What am I missing?