HOWTO add static entries to WINS?

[Axel Thimm]

Dear Samba gurus,

On Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 01:31:03PM +0100, werner maes wrote:
> I've read the Netbios.txt documentation and it says:
> "The WINS server _can_ have static NetBIOS entries added to its database
> (usually for security reasons you might want to consider putting your domain
> controllers or other important servers as static entries,but you should not
> rely on this as your sole means of security),but for the most part, NetBIOS
> names are registered dynamically."
> 
> How can you add static Netbios entries (f.e. for a logon server) to a Samba
> based WINS server?

On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 12:25:31AM +0100, Axel Thimm wrote:
> Did you get any useful responses?

On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 08:55:57AM +0100, werner maes wrote:
> No, I did not.
> But I seem to have found a solution myself.
> It's possible to add entries to the wins.dat file and this works.
> For example, I added a domain logon server on a distant subnet and I 
> was able to logon. 
> The syntax however is important.

Is there any (undocumented) method for adding static entries to the WINS
database? I guess this has not been implemented yet - is then Werner's method
a valid workaround (stop nmbd, add the entry to wins.dat, restart nmbd)? 
Wouldn't this entry expire in some way or another?

Thanks, Axel.
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Axel.Thimm at physik.fu-berlin.de