[Bug 1091577] Re: unable to ping hosts by windows hostname

[Yolanda Robla]

Can you check the content of /etc/nsswitch.conf?
It should contain something like:

hosts:          files dns mdns wins

Please check it and retry.

** Changed in: samba (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  unable to ping hosts by windows hostname

Status in “samba” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  As in summary. Ping by IP works.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: winbind 2:3.6.6-3ubuntu5
  Uname: Linux 3.7.0-030700rc7-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9
  Architecture: i386
  BothFailedConnect: Yes
  Date: Tue Dec 18 10:20:32 2012
  MarkForUpload: True
  NmbdLog:
   
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=pl_PL:pl:en_GB:en
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SambaServerRegression: No
  SmbConfIncluded: Yes
  SmbLog:
   
  SourcePackage: samba
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-19 (59 days ago)

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