Re: resolving NetBIOS names with a dot

Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton (lkcl@switchboard.net)
Wed, 1 Apr 1998 20:28:18 +0100 (BST)

Date:	Wed, 1 Apr 1998 20:28:18 +0100 (BST)
From:	Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl@switchboard.net>
To:	Multiple recipients of list <samba-technical@samba.anu.edu.au>
Subject: Re: resolving NetBIOS names with a dot
In-Reply-To: <19980401135024Z12616808-17352+7218@samba.anu.edu.au>

> > Now, my idea is to be a bit more prudent about names with a '.' in them.
> > If it's a IP hostname, gethostbyname() will verify that and proceed as
> > usual.. If it doesn't, assume it's a NetBIOS name with a '.' in it.

yes, i got caught out by this one (ip addresses) when specifying "password
server = 10.10.0.1"! password server must be a netbios name, by the
way...

luke