Re: Samba with Linux using Euphoria
- Posted by jimcbrown (admin) Jan 19, 2013
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with ref to using host_by_name(host_name)
how to form host_name for a LAN?
the host_name for www.xxxx works fine, but how about a local area network?
thanks
buzzo
If the name is in DNS, then you simply need to do host_by_name(host_name).
For example, your Windows computer is called User-PC. That name is in DNS. You do
host_by_name("User-PC")
Or
host_by_name("User-PC.localdomain")
You can find out what the full hostname (including the localdomain name) of a Windoze system is by running "ipconfig /all".
If the name is not in DNS, then host_by_name() will not work. Try nmblookup in that case.
E.g.
system("nmblookup "&name, 2)
Or
system("nmblookup -R -U 192.168.0.1 "&name, 2)
where 192.168.0.1 is the ip address of your WINS server. ("ipconfig /all" should list your WINS server, if you have one.)
