WINS database format

[Andrew Perrin - Demography]

You don't want to do this. WINS is dynamically populated, not statically;
although its function is vaguely similar to DNS, its use is not. All you
need to do is specify that your Samba box be a WINS server, and set each
client to use that machine as its WINS server; population of the table
will take place automatically.

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On Fri, 21 May 1999, Andrew Boswell wrote:

> I am setting up a Network Domain Logon model using Samba 2.0.3.
> Step 2 in DOMAIN.txt is to set up a WINS server.  We have previously
> been working in a stand-alone NT workstation model and have used DHCP and
> bootp for name resolution, so we are configuring a Samba server to be
> a WINS server.
> 
> We need to populate the internal WINS database used by Samba:
> ie /usr/local/samba/var/locks/wins.dat.  Can anyone provide a guide to
> the format of this table, and the data produced by nmblookup.
> 
> 
> wins.dat, so far, contains: 
> 
> "CPC#00" 927712312 255.255.255.255 c4R
> "CPC#1e" 927712312 255.255.255.255 c4R
> "CPCA8#00" 927712312 139.222.130.8 46R
> "CPCA8#03" 927712312 139.222.130.8 46R
> "CPCA8#20" 927712312 139.222.130.8 46R
> 
> where cpca8 is the name of the Samba server machine.  I am guessing
> from little documentation, I have, that #00 etc is the 'type', but
> what type is this?  The second field is a timestamp.  What is the
> fourth field?
> 
> 
> /usr/local/samba/bin/nmblookup -A 139.222.130.8 gives:
> 
> Sending queries to 139.222.255.255
> Looking up status of 139.222.130.8
> received 5 names
>         CPCA8           <00> -         M <ACTIVE> 
>         CPCA8           <03> -         M <ACTIVE> 
>         CPCA8           <20> -         M <ACTIVE> 
>         CPC             <00> - <GROUP> M <ACTIVE> 
>         CPC             <1e> - <GROUP> M <ACTIVE> 
> num_good_sends=0 num_good_receives=0
> 
> What does the M field represent?
> 
> It would be useful to know how others have generated wins.dat files
> which is what we believe that we have to do.  Also, how are entries
> specified as static and dynamic?
> 
> TIA
> 
> Andrew
> 
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