getting hostname of linux pc in win application
 

I am running a windows application that uses gethostbyaddr(),
when I try to get the hostname of linux pc I fail.

I need to know how can I set the linux pc that it will be seen in the windows network not only by its IP address.

Is it something with SMB configuration?

I can ping to this PC with no problems

Thanks

Is this a static or dynamic network?

If static, then the trouble must lie in the server configuration.
If dynamic, then it may be in the dhclient.conf file - does the server assign a hostname or does it expect the client to supply one? I suspect the latter - in which case you need to tell your client to do this in it's dhclient.conf file.

Thanks for the answer.

The network is static. I assign the IP manually.
I am talking on a small network, no server, just one windows PC and 2 LINUX PCs.

Maybe I need to add something to smb.conf?

in smb.conf file under
[global]
netbios name = whatever u want


restart samba