[Gllug] A local nameserver for samba clients

[Tom Schutzer-Weissmann]

Hi all,

I'm trying out a samba printer share as a way of automating the creation of pdf reports, and I want to let any host on the Windows network to connect as a guest. Samba is running on a small, fixed subnet.

I wondered if, instead of using the main network nameservers, I could have one running on the samba server that would give a dummy hostname for any IP address within a certain range. Samba won't clients connect if Gethostbyaddress fails for them.

Is this possible, or just plain stupid? 

Tom SW



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