WINS on SAMBA

[Mike Harris]

WINS on SAMBAFrom my experience, WINS works wonderfully under Samba :-)

Check that you're smb.conf file also contains:

local master = yes (the default)
preferred master = yes 
domain master = yes
os level = 32

(please, someone confirm I'm not telling lies !)

In that way the Samba server will win the browser elections to become the Domain Master Browser and can then serve WINS fine.  It also means the clients won't be getting confused as to who has control.

The long and the short is:

Either go for all Samba WINS and DMB etc.  or
If there is an NT Server, let it be the DMB and WINS.

Then all will be fine and dandy. 

Mike.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Richard Ferris 
  To: Multiple recipients of list SAMBA-NTDOM 
  Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 2:11 PM
  Subject: WINS on SAMBA


  How reliable is SAMBA running as a WINS server?  I set my SGi Origin200 box up as one but netbios resolution seemed to take ages.  Anyone else got WINS running and working OK?

                                                                               
  Richard Ferris - Visions Systems Analyst 
  Visions Project 
  Clarendon City College 
  Stoney Street 
  Nottingham 
  NG1 1NG 

  Tel:        0115 9104 566 
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