I am trying to get BackupPC working with automount as documented in this CentOS HowTo: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/BackupPC I think my CentOS6 box's NetBIOS name resolving is not working correctly as when I try to access the mount for Win7 machine called Parallels I get this: [root at au ~]# ls /windows ls: cannot access /windows/parallels: No such file or directory parallels [root at au ~]# cd /windows/parallels -bash: cd: /windows/parallels: No such file or directory and I cannot ping the Win7 machine with its NetBIOS name: [root at au ~]# ping parallels ping: unknown host parallels If I add "wins" at the end of the hosts section in /etc/nsswitch.conf the resolver seems to get "stuck" as after ping it just hangs (there is no output, I have to quit it with CTRL+C) smbclient seems to work though: [root at au ~]# smbclient -L parallels -U Administrator Enter Administrator's password: Domain=[PARALLELS] OS=[Windows 7 Professional 7601 Service Pack 1] Server=[Windows 7 Professional 6.1] Sharename Type Comment --------- ---- ------- ADMIN$ Disk Remote Admin C$ Disk Default share IPC$ IPC Remote IPC test Disk Domain=[PARALLELS] OS=[Windows 7 Professional 7601 Service Pack 1] Server=[Windows 7 Professional 6.1] Server Comment --------- ------- Workgroup Master --------- ------- Why does the "wins" option not work in nsswitch.conf? What should I do to get automount working with CentOS + Win7 shares? Regards, Peter