Multi-WINS behavior.

Christopher R. Hertel crh at nts.umn.edu
Wed Jul 19 18:59:30 GMT 2000


> > - If the WINS server was entered as a DNS name in smb.conf, then a name 
> >   lookup was being performed every time a WINS query or registration was 
> >   performed.  Ick.  What I do instead is to cache the IP address once it's
> 
> ... something like this, in fact!  tee hee :)

Grin.

There are times when I think I actually have half a clue.

That and fixing libsmb/namequery.c so that it gives up if it gets a 
negative response should speed nmbd up a bit.  Elrond was moving some of 
these fixes into TNG, BTW.  CRH -)-----

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crh at nts.umn.edu              Networking and Telecommunications Services

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    them you will reach your destiny.  --Carl Schultz





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