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How to install NETBIOS hostname resolution on Ubuntu
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Installing NETBIOS hostname resolution on Ubuntu

Install prerequisites:

sudo apt-get libnss-winbind winbind

Then, edit /etc/nsswitch.conf and add wins to the hosts line.

You can always use nmblookup manually if you don't want the above setup.

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kokleong98 commented Nov 3, 2018

Shouldn't that be this command instead?
sudo apt-get install libnss-winbind winbind

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