WINS question

[Christopher R. Hertel]

> On Wed, 26 Dec 2001, Christopher R. Hertel wrote:
> 
> > > On Tue, 25 Dec 2001, Christopher R. Hertel wrote:
> > >
> > > > If it can be done, it is not via the normal 137/UDP mechanism.  There is
> > > > no way to get a full dump using normal NBT protocols.  So, if it can be
> > > > done it is likely an RPC call or similar.  I don't know of any such call
> > > > supported in nmbd.
> > >
> > > yep it can be done using a rpc call on the winssrv pipe. i did some
> > > investigation 2 or 3 years ago.
> >
> > Ah... but does Samba support that RPC call?
> 
> nope neither in rpcclient nor smbd. I can add it next week. is it really
> needed ? I'm reluctant to add useless code :-)

Good answer.  :)

The problem is, if people start using that call to query WINS servers, 
and if Samba is running as an NBNS...  The answer is that we need to hear 
user input...

Chris -)-----

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