Multiple WINS Servers Enhancement
Jeremy Allison
jeremy at valinux.com
Fri Jul 7 02:00:40 GMT 2000
Gerald Carter wrote:
>
> Might I suggest that we rather extend 'wins server' parameter
> to accept a list of ip (or hostnames) just like we do for the
> password server parameter. Seems to keep more consistency
> without having to refert othe smb.conf man page all the time.
>
> wins server = a.b.c.d w.x.y.z 1.2.3.4
>
> Registration / Resolution follows the same rules as password
> server. remaining entries in the list are contacted
> only if previous ones are not available.
I also prefer this as it fits much better with existing
practice in Samba.
The lack of replication then becomes a "documentation issue" :-).
Cheers,
Jeremy.
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