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NetBios name for Linux server?

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by hbartlet

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In my Windows NT V4 domain I have an NT member server with a computer name of WEB1 on which I run IIS V4. From Internet Explorer or Netscape on my NT workstation I can type http://web1 to access this web server.

I also have a Linux RedHat V6 Apache server on the same LAN. I would like to access it from my NT workstations using Internet Explorer or Netscape by typing http://web2. How can I configure my Linux server to accomodate this?

TIA... -Henry

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by cybergod

Install samba server and configure it,
or other solution is to install some ftp server like ProFTP or ncftp ( I prefer the second one) then install Apache web server so you can access your files ( if you want all your directories to be accessible then you must configure this in ftp conf file).
It works for me and the good thing is that you can access this server with its IP or host name.

by hbartlet

Thanks. We're in the right ballpark but I didn't get the needed results. I already have Samba installed and I set the conf files for WINS (I think) but I don't see the NETBIOS name on my NT network.

by agaskill

If you are running WINS, the easiest thing to do is set a static mapping on your WINS server for web2. If you control your own DNS server you could do it that way also. That way you don't have to install any additional software on the Linux server.

by quintar51

Have you thought about setting a Wins server and a Wins Proxy Agent?

The linux machine would still announe itself, but the wins proxy will pass it to the server and map a netbios name to the linux machine.

by hbartlet

I already have WINS running on the NT network and WINS Proxy is used only if you are not in the same subnet. My entire network, including the Linux server are in the same subnet. The problem is that the Linux server does not seem to be announcing itself as it does not appear in WINS. I want to know how to get the Linux server to announce itself to WINS.

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