-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 try setting up a dnss erver on your local network...bind is pretty easy to configure and even easier if you use webmin. On Sun, Aug 15, 2004 at 06:30:41PM -0400, Jared Stofflett wrote: > I have two Linux boxes, both running fedora core 2. One is meant as a > windows file server so runs samba, and has the line in smb.conf that reads > something like > Hostname=dataServer > I know that this creates a NetBIOS name which is used to brows networks in > windows. I have another Linux box that I'm trying to run as a local web > server, so it's really stripped down. All windows clients are going to be > accessing it through internet explorer. I do not want to start to run samba, > but would like to have an easier way to access it then having to type in > 192.168.0.109 > I know I was able to access stuff on the box running samba by doing > http://dataServer:901 > TO get to swatt, using the NetBIOS name as a fully qualified domain name. > Unfortunately all the stuff I've read about hostnames under Linux is > yourComputer.yourDomain.someOtherDomain.com > Is there a way to set the computer to ignore domains so that everything on > the same subnet such as 192.168.0.xxx will be able to do the following > http://webserver > Where webserver is the Linux box that isn't running samba. > Everything I've read says I'd have to do > http://webserver.mydomain.com > Which assumes I own a domain, which I do not, and am not going to. > appreciate any help with this. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup - -- [In 'Doctor' mode], I spent a good ten minutes telling Emacs what I thought of it. (The response was, 'Perhaps you could try to be less abusive.') -- Matt Welsh -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBH/k29XVrM3ri110RAhJAAJ9o3Ae2yDR8PL6McIqZvhziocA6mACeNbAS 3EgzJRZkooBId1l/AeBzlkE= =mxkf -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
