[Samba] Error - should be sent to WINS server

[Peter Lustig]

On Mon, 21 Oct 2002 13:10:18 +0400
Alexander Kuznetsov <iam at alz27.nnov.ru> wrote:

> PL> does anyone know what following error-message means ? This message returns any 4 minutes for any client
> PL> in the lan:
> 
> PL> -->
> PL> Oct 21 10:03:18 TE-WET01 nmbd[16353]: [2002/10/21 10:03:18, 0] nmbd/nmbd_incomingrequests.c:process_name_refresh_request(183)
> PL> Oct 21 10:03:18 TE-WET01 nmbd[16353]:   process_name_refresh_request: unicast name registration request received for name CLIENTNAME<00> from IP 192.168.133.145 on subnet UNICAST_SUBNET.
> PL> Oct 21 10:03:18 TE-WET01 nmbd[16353]: [2002/10/21 10:03:18, 0] nmbd/nmbd_incomingrequests.c:process_name_refresh_request(184)
> PL> Oct 21 10:03:18 TE-WET01 nmbd[16353]:   Error - should be sent to WINS server
> PL> <--
> 
> PL> I've tried it with older and newer versions of samba (2.2.1a -> 2.2.5) - but the same messages appaers in /var/log/messages.
> PL> Hope anyone can help me ...
> 
> From source code :
> "We should only get broadcast name registration packets here.
> Anyone trying to register unicast should be going to a WINS
> server. If the code gets here, then either we are not a wins
> server and they sent it anyway, or we are a WINS server and
> the request was malformed. Either way, log an error here.
> and send an error reply back."
> 

hi,

thanx - but is it possible to disable those messages without 
changing something at the win-client ?
The samba-server is not configured as wins-server. Should I
enable Wins in smb.conf to prohibitive those messages ?

-- 
Thanxx!
PL