Simple name windows linux question

Or maybe this should be a windows unix question.

OK I understand how Unix matches names with ip addresses.

But I have no clue with Windows. And I dont really want to have
deep understanding here. I rather not waste my time on this
dinosaur. But I need to integrate a linux box with a windows
network.

How does windows match names and ip addresses?


Vitamx

"Vitamx" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Or maybe this should be a windows unix question.
> OK I understand how Unix matches names with ip addresses.
>
> But I have no clue with Windows. And I dont really want to have
> deep understanding here. I rather not waste my time on this
> dinosaur. But I need to integrate a linux box with a windows
> network.
>
> How does windows match names and ip addresses?

At its most basic, copy the Linux /etc/hosts file to
C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\etc\hosts after converting the file from Unix
format to DOS format.

Or just manually enter the Linux IP/hostname into the file or name service
being used.


tony

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On 09 Nov 2003 05:57:08 GMT, Vitamx wrote:
> Or maybe this should be a windows unix question.

Not realy. It is a windows question on how does windows figure out the
ip address of another machine on a lan. It does not matter what os is
running on the other machine.

> OK I understand how Unix matches names with ip addresses.

Then you should be more than half way there.

> But I have no clue with Windows. And I dont really want to have
> deep understanding here. I rather not waste my time on this
> dinosaur. But I need to integrate a linux box with a windows
> network.
>
> How does windows match names and ip addresses?

by looking in the hosts file on the doze box or windows dns server
whatever that is.

Please read http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

>Subject: Re: Simple name windows linux question
>From: Bit Twister (E-Mail Removed)ldomain
>Date: 11/9/03 12:12 AM Central Standard Time
>Message-id: <(E-Mail Removed)>
>
>On 09 Nov 2003 05:57:08 GMT, Vitamx wrote:
>> Or maybe this should be a windows unix question.
>
>Not realy. It is a windows question on how does windows figure out the
>ip address of another machine on a lan. It does not matter what os is
>running on the other machine.
>
>> OK I understand how Unix matches names with ip addresses.
>
>Then you should be more than half way there.
>
>> But I have no clue with Windows. And I dont really want to have
>> deep understanding here. I rather not waste my time on this
>> dinosaur. But I need to integrate a linux box with a windows
>> network.
>>
>> How does windows match names and ip addresses?
>
>by looking in the hosts file on the doze box or windows dns server
>whatever that is.
>
>Please read http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>
>
>
>

OH I see Windows has the ip address and
name of every computer in the world in its
hosts file.

Integrating Linux with Windows is rather
important. There is nothing wrong with my
question.

On 09 Nov 2003 07:11:47 GMT, Vitamx wrote:
>>Subject: Re: Simple name windows linux question
>>From: Bit Twister (E-Mail Removed)ldomain
>>Date: 11/9/03 12:12 AM Central Standard Time
>>Message-id: <(E-Mail Removed)>
>>
>>On 09 Nov 2003 05:57:08 GMT, Vitamx wrote:
>>> Or maybe this should be a windows unix question.
>>
>>Not realy. It is a windows question on how does windows figure out the
>>ip address of another machine on a lan. It does not matter what os is
>>running on the other machine.
>>
>>> OK I understand how Unix matches names with ip addresses.
>>
>>Then you should be more than half way there.
>>
>>> But I have no clue with Windows. And I dont really want to have
>>> deep understanding here. I rather not waste my time on this
>>> dinosaur. But I need to integrate a linux box with a windows
>>> network.
>>>
>>> How does windows match names and ip addresses?
>>
>>by looking in the hosts file on the doze box or windows dns server
>>whatever that is.
>>
>>Please read http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

> OH I see Windows has the ip address and name of every computer in
> the world in its hosts file.

Now you are changing the parameters of your request.

I quote
"But I need to integrate a linux box with a windows network."
and that is hardly the whole world.

> Integrating Linux with Windows is rather important.
> There is nothing wrong with my question.

Think again. You asked, I quote again,
"How does windows match names and ip addresses?"
windows would match name/ip address regardless of target OS type.

Sorry you did not read the link provided.
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Had you provided which windows OS you might have received better file
location information for hosts. On my XP Home windows it is in
c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc

>On 09 Nov 2003 07:11:47 GMT, Vitamx wrote:
>>>Subject: Re: Simple name windows linux question
>>>From: Bit Twister (E-Mail Removed)ldomain
>>>Date: 11/9/03 12:12 AM Central Standard Time
>>>Message-id: <(E-Mail Removed)>
>>>
>>>On 09 Nov 2003 05:57:08 GMT, Vitamx wrote:
>>>> Or maybe this should be a windows unix question.
>>>
>>>Not realy. It is a windows question on how does windows figure out the
>>>ip address of another machine on a lan. It does not matter what os is
>>>running on the other machine.
>>>
>>>> OK I understand how Unix matches names with ip addresses.
>>>
>>>Then you should be more than half way there.
>>>
>>>> But I have no clue with Windows. And I dont really want to have
>>>> deep understanding here. I rather not waste my time on this
>>>> dinosaur. But I need to integrate a linux box with a windows
>>>> network.
>>>>
>>>> How does windows match names and ip addresses?
>>>
>>>by looking in the hosts file on the doze box or windows dns server
>>>whatever that is.
>>>
>>>Please read http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>> OH I see Windows has the ip address and name of every computer in
>> the world in its hosts file.
>
>Now you are changing the parameters of your request.
>
>I quote
> "But I need to integrate a linux box with a windows network."
>and that is hardly the whole world.
>
>> Integrating Linux with Windows is rather important.
>> There is nothing wrong with my question.
>
>Think again. You asked, I quote again,
> "How does windows match names and ip addresses?"
>windows would match name/ip address regardless of target OS type.
>
>Sorry you did not read the link provided.
>http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>Had you provided which windows OS you might have received better file
>location information for hosts. On my XP Home windows it is in
>c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc
>
>


My windows hosts file on this computer
only has the localhost and yet Internet
explorer is on the WWW.

Now my question was how Windows resolves names and ip addresses?
You did not answer it.

In the Unix world, the computer is given
the ip address of the DNS and so on and
so on.

How is it done in the Windows world?
And this is a linux networking question
because it is so important to integrate
Linux with Windows and people that ask
questions about it dont need insolent responses.

On 09 Nov 2003 08:25:56 GMT, Vitamx wrote:

> My windows hosts file on this computer only has the localhost and
> yet Internet explorer is on the WWW.

Absolutly correct. You got it.

> Now my question was how Windows resolves names and ip addresses?
> You did not answer it.

I did, you had ask about a lan (local area network) not wan (wide area
network)

> In the Unix world, the computer is given the ip address of the DNS
> and so on and so on.

And in the windows world you give it the DNS server ip addresses.
Works the same way.

> How is it done in the Windows world?

You add the DNS servers through a gui interface.

> And this is a linux networking question because it is so important
> to integrate Linux with Windows and people that ask questions about
> it dont need insolent responses.

No you are now asking how windows does DNS and that has nothing to do
with linux.

Put the question to one of the 31+ Microsoft network news groups.

Vitamx <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

[..]
> In the Unix world, the computer is given
> the ip address of the DNS and so on and
> so on.

> How is it done in the Windows world?

The same as in Linux, albeit you have to put the
IP(s) of your name server in some GUI box, AFAIR.

> And this is a linux networking question
> because it is so important to integrate
> Linux with Windows and people that ask
> questions about it dont need insolent responses.

Your question has nothing to do with Linux, you want
to know the equivalent for /etc/resolv.conf in M$.

If you don't like the answers to your OT question,
just use a relevant ng.

BTW
Please trim your posts

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Bit Twister <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On 09 Nov 2003 08:25:56 GMT, Vitamx wrote:
>
>> My windows hosts file on this computer only has the localhost and
>> yet Internet explorer is on the WWW.
>
>Absolutly correct. You got it.
>
>> Now my question was how Windows resolves names and ip addresses?
>> You did not answer it.
>
>I did, you had ask about a lan (local area network) not wan (wide area
>network)
>
>> In the Unix world, the computer is given the ip address of the DNS
>> and so on and so on.
>
>And in the windows world you give it the DNS server ip addresses.
>Works the same way.
>
>> How is it done in the Windows world?
>
>You add the DNS servers through a gui interface.
>
>> And this is a linux networking question because it is so important
>> to integrate Linux with Windows and people that ask questions about
>> it dont need insolent responses.
>
>No you are now asking how windows does DNS and that has nothing to do
>with linux.
>
>Put the question to one of the 31+ Microsoft network news groups.

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On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 09:19:45 -0500, Doug Mitton wrote:
>
> Its getting rather dangerous answering posts these days ...

That is for sure. Look on http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search
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> you answer the question as written BUT thats not what was actually wanted.

Hey, garbage question in, garbage answer out.

>
> Should we start a development group for a "psi" module for linux? :-)

My vote would be karnack, psi is pounds square inch. 8-)