> I think you misunderstood this. Nmblookup runs on the backuppc server,
 > not each client, and it communicates with the native windows name
 > resolution protocol

When I run nmblookup on the server, I expect a response to the broadcast 
from clients, and in particular from Linux clients (which do not have 
native windows name resolution). If I got it right, the nmbd daemon can 
do that job, and this daemon is packaged into the samba-server.

I tried: after installing the samba-server and adjusting the firewall 
correspondingly I get the responses with the name-to-address mapping. 
Did I misinterpret how it works?

Yes, I will have a look at installing a name server. But I wonder 
whether a 10-line script (probably fewer lines) for occasionally 
adjusting /etc/hosts is not much simpler.

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