Linux – Unable to ping Windows Server from Linux using hostname

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I have a virtual Windows 2008 domain controller with Dynamic IP and a CentOS box in the same network. I have created host record entries for the Linux server in both FLZ and RLZ on the Windows Server. However I cannot ping the Windows Server from the Linux Server using the Windows hostname.

I would prefer to ping the Windows Server by hostname without creating an entry for the Windows server under /etc/hosts file. Is there a way to do the same ?

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Are you using the netbios name or the fully qualified domain name? If you want to use netbios names your going to need to specify a 'search domain' in your /etc/resolv.conf file. For example if you have a machine 'dev.example.org' and want to access it by just giving 'dev' you would need to add the following line to your /etc/resolv.conf file:

search example.org

You will also want to make sure that /etc/resolv.conf contains the correct DNS servers.

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Linux – Is it possible to alias a hostname in Linux

For those who don't have an account on the forums (or don't wish to login):

if your main issue is not to ping but to ssh, you can create/edit your ~/.ssh/config adding lines like these:

Host fakehost1
  Hostname real-hostname

Host fakehost2
  Hostname real-hostname2

Host fakehost3
  Hostname real-hostname3

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If you want to determine the name of a Windows machine without DNS, you should try Nbtstat. But that will only work on Windows:

For example,

NBTSTAT -A 10.10.10.10

On Linux, you should try nmblookup that does nearly the same.

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