[jcifs] What will happen after wins server restart?

[Christopher R. Hertel]

On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 10:09:36AM +0800, Pizer Chen wrote:
> Hello, Christopher R. Hertel
> 
> Thank you for your quickly reply.
> 
> My confusion is that the WINS server has been restarted successful, the
> WINS server is already standby.
> Why jCIFS client software can't find the server?
> 
> I used linux box to run jCIFS.

Do you have a copy of Samba installed?  If so, try using nmblookup to test 
the WINS server.  Like so:

nmblookup -U *.*.*.* -R myDomain

...where *.*.*.* is the IP address of your WINS server.  :)

If you get the correct answer, then the WINS server is working properly 
(and I don't know why jCIFS isn't getting an answer).  If nmblookup 
*doesn't* get the right answer, then the problem is that the WINS server 
lost its database.

There could be a problem with jCIFS' name cache, but I'd have to ask Mike 
about that.  It's only a wild guess on my part.

Chris -)-----

> Second, the "*.*.*.*" means a ip address of my WINS server.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Christopher R. Hertel crh at ubiqx.mn.org
> To: Pizer Chen <pizer.chen at utstar.com>
> Sent: 2003-4-8 9:51:02
> Subject: Re: [jcifs] What will happen after wins server restart?
> ===========================================================
> > On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 09:28:27AM +0800, Pizer Chen wrote:
> > > Hello, Gurus
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I used NTLM http filter here.
> > > I found that when wins server restarted, the applications used NTLM http
> > > filter could not be accessed.
> > 
> > Well, first off...  If you are using a Windows WINS server for name
> > resolution and then you restart WINS, it will lose its database and won't 
> > be able to resolve names.  If it can't resolve a name to an IP address, 
> > then the jCIFS client software won't be able to find the server it needs.
> > 
> > Second...  Why do you have your WINS address set to "*.*.*.*"?
> > 
> > Chris -)-----
> > 
> > > 
> > > Here is the configuration in web.xml
> > >   <filter>
> > >     <filter-name>NTLM HTTP Authentication Filter</filter-name>
> > >     <filter-class>jcifs.http.NtlmHttpFilter</filter-class>
> > >     <init-param>
> > >       <param-name>jcifs.netbios.wins</param-name>
> > >       <param-value>*.*.*.*</param-value>
> > >     </init-param>
> > >     <init-param>
> > >       <param-name>jcifs.smb.client.domain</param-name>
> > >       <param-value>myDomain</param-value>
> > >     </init-param>
> > >   </filter>
> > > 
> > > What happend here?
> > 
> > 
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