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diff --git a/source/nsswitch/README b/source/nsswitch/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..9f0c581df60 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/nsswitch/README @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +This extension provides a "wins" module for NSS on glibc2/Linux. This +allows you to use a WINS entry in /etc/nsswitch.conf for hostname +resolution, allowing you to resolve netbios names via start unix +gethostbyname() calls. The end result is that you can use netbios +names as host names in unix apps. + +1) run configure +2) run "make nsswitch" +3) cp nsswitch/libnss_wins.so /lib/libnss_wins.so.2 +4) add a wins entry to the hosts line in /etc/nsswitch.conf +5) use it + +tridge@linuxcare.com |