Sysadmins help! - Page 2

Chuckles · 01-03-2011, 22:07

Cheers. I also tried entering the other name in the string OptionalNames in the same reg key.

Chuckles · 01-03-2011, 22:14

OK this is wierd.

nbtstat -a serveraname gives host not found, yet it pings to the IP in the host file fine

Burble · 01-03-2011, 22:16

nbtstat only looks at DNS I think, not the hosts file.

Chuckles · 01-03-2011, 22:19

Surely it should resolve to the "True" IP then and see the server?

Burble · 01-03-2011, 22:23

Ah yeah, I see what you're getting at. It should. Does it make any difference if you use the FQDN?

Chuckles · 01-03-2011, 23:09

No

Mark · 02-03-2011, 00:46

Found this, which contains some useful background stuff:

http://www.sans.org/security-resourc...bt-netbios.php

The last point is particularly salient here. Do you have the required services enabled? nbtstat uses NBNS, not DNS.

01-03-2011, 22:07	#11
Chuckles '09 sexual conquests: 4.5 Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,075	Cheers. I also tried entering the other name in the string OptionalNames in the same reg key. __________________

01-03-2011, 22:14	#12
Chuckles '09 sexual conquests: 4.5 Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,075	OK this is wierd. nbtstat -a serveraname gives host not found, yet it pings to the IP in the host file fine __________________

01-03-2011, 22:19	#14
Chuckles '09 sexual conquests: 4.5 Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,075	Surely it should resolve to the "True" IP then and see the server? __________________

01-03-2011, 23:09	#16
Chuckles '09 sexual conquests: 4.5 Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,075	No __________________

01-03-2011, 22:16	#13
Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	nbtstat only looks at DNS I think, not the hosts file.

01-03-2011, 22:23	#15
Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	Ah yeah, I see what you're getting at. It should. Does it make any difference if you use the FQDN?

02-03-2011, 00:46	#17
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Found this, which contains some useful background stuff: http://www.sans.org/security-resourc...bt-netbios.php The last point is particularly salient here. Do you have the required services enabled? nbtstat uses NBNS, not DNS.