samba dns resolv.conf

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From: Gary Quiring <gquiring@netlabs.net>
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On Fri, 03 Nov 2000 15:30:06 GMT, Gary Quiring <gquiring@netlabs.net>
wrote:

>I'm running Samba 2.0.6 and SCO 5.0.5.  Samba runs fine if
>/etc/resolv.conf is not configured.  If I enter my DNS entries Samba
>will not work. 
>
>/etc/resolv.conf
>nameserver 216.116.128.3
>hostresorder local bind
>
>The IP for  garyq (win 9x) is 192.168.0.1
>
>Example smbclient -L garyq   (DNS enabled)
>added interface ip=192.168.0.37 bcast=192.168.0.255
>nmask=255.255.255.0
>error connecting to 209.249.48.103:139 (Connection refused)
>
For anyone that might be interested the answer is below:

smb.conf:
name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast 

Gary Q

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