name resolve order (G) This option is used by the programs in the Samba suite to determine what naming services to use and in what order to resolve host names to IP addresses. The option takes a space separated string of name resolution options. The options are :"lmhosts", "host", "wins" and "bcast". They cause names to be resolved as follows : lmhosts : Lookup an IP address in the Samba lmhosts file. If the line in lmhosts has no name type attached to the NetBIOS name (see the lmhosts(5) for details) then any name type matches for lookup. host : Do a standard host name to IP address resolution, using the system /etc/hosts , NIS, or DNS lookups. This method of name resolution is operating system depended for instance on IRIX or Solaris this may be controlled by the /etc/nsswitch.conf file. Note that this method is only used if the NetBIOS name type being queried is the 0x20 (server) name type, otherwise it is ignored. wins : Query a name with the IP address listed in the wins server parameter. If no WINS server has been specified this method will be ignored. bcast : Do a broadcast on each of the known local interfaces listed in the interfaces parameter. This is the least reliable of the name resolution methods as it depends on the target host being on a locally connected subnet. Default: name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast Example: name resolve order = lmhosts bcast host This will cause the local lmhosts file to be examined first, followed by a broadcast attempt, followed by a normal system hostname lookup.