I create a bunch of Linux and Windows VMs from time to time on my network, and assign them unique names. To access these boxes by name, I have to do this:
- On The Linux box to be discovered, install
samba
. - On The Windows box to be discovered, do nothing. They know WINS.
- On Other Linux boxes that need to discover it, install
winbind
and addwins
to/etc/nsswitch.conf
. - On Other Windows boxes that need to discover it, do nothing. They know WINS.
My problem is when Mac OS is thrown into the mix. I have a bunch of Mac OS Lion boxes that need to discover those Windows and Linux boxes.
What should I be doing on Mac OS Lion
to make it locate those linux and windows boxes by name? I want to ssh
into them and also use the browser to access them over http
and https
.