On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:42:56 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: [...] > I should have copied the definition from the man page. > > host: Do a standard host name to IP address resolution, using the system > /etc/hosts , NIS, or DNS lookups. > > Also, lmhosts is /etc/samba/lmhosts, and not /etc/lmhosts. The format is > almost the same as /etc/hosts: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost > 192.168.1.30 toshiba > 192.168.1.31 thinkpad > 192.168.1.34 mary > 192.168.1.101 brother > > But it is strange that it works for one host, and not the other. > > Mikkel [...] Yes, what I am doing conforms to what you say, and it is peculiar. Since I have it working, I'm going to put it aside for now, unless someone comes up with a new idea. Thanks for your help. Mike. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines