[Samba] Re: Samba3 server tries to sync WINS with itself and fails

[JB Hewitt]

Just to let everyone I fixed my problem.  I deleted the wins.dat and
let samba create a new one which effectively removed samba's history
of the wins machines.  Therefore it didn't have a ghost image of the
previous servers.

On 8/10/05, JB Hewitt <johnblade at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a Samba 3 server that is trying to sync with itself.  I have
> wins support = yes in the samba configuration file and there are no
> other WINS servers on the network.
> 
> The IP address of the Samba server is 192.168.10.4 and is trying to
> sync with itself but fails...
> 
> Here's the error from log.nmbd
> 
> [2005/08/10 12:34:21, 0] nmbd/nmbd_nameregister.c:register_name_response(130)
>   register_name_response: WINS server at IP 192.168.10.4 rejected our
> name registration of DOMAIN<1b> IP 192.168.10.4 with error code 5.
> [2005/08/10 12:34:21, 0] nmbd/nmbd_become_dmb.c:become_domain_master_fail(70)
>   become_domain_master_fail: Failed to become a domain master browser
> for workgroup DOMAIN on subnet UNICAST_SUBNET. Couldn't register name
> DOMAIN<1b>.
> [2005/08/10 12:34:21, 0] nmbd/nmbd_namelistdb.c:standard_fail_register(283)
>   standard_fail_register: Failed to register/refresh name DOMAIN<1b>
> on subnet UNICAST_SUBNET
> 
> Any ideas on how I make it the local WINS server?
> 
> --
> Regards,
>       JB Hewitt
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Regards,
      JB Hewitt
Business: http://www.stcpl.com.au
Blog: http://blade.lansmash.com
Best LAN ever: http://www.lansmash.com
How to ask a ?: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html