CVS update: samba/source/param

Andrew Tridgell tridge at samba.anu.edu.au
Mon Sep 28 18:50:26 EST 1998


> Make sure that WINS Server = 127.0.0.1 in case we 
> do not set a value in smb.conf. 
> 
> This will be the case if we are a WINS server, or if
> we don't know what we are doing.
> 
> The result is that smbclient can access a WINS server if it
> is running on the same machine as the WINS server

Richard, after this change did you test the case where there is no
WINS server? We don't want smbclient (or smbd and nmbd for that
matter!) sending queries to 127.0.0.1 if the machine is in a non-WINS
(ie. bcast only) environment.

Cheers, Tridge


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