HOWTO add static entries to WINS?

[werner maes]

Dear all,

An update:
It is possible to add static WINS entries BUT they do not remain there.
They do EXPIRE.
I don't know how long they stay in the wins.dat file. I will do some more
tests.
Does it depend on the "max wins ttl" - "min wins ttl" parameter which is
set to six days -six hours??

About "max wins ttl":
This option tells nmbd when acting as a WINS server (wins support =true)
what the maximum 'time to live' of NetBIOS names that nmbd will grant will
be (in seconds). You should never need to change this parameter

Example of a manually added record:
"TESTSERVER#20" 983456716 134.58.188.180 44R

The number 983456716  = time that the record was created, in Unix epoch.

What's the meaning of the 44R value?

Would you please include me in cc: if you reply to this message since I'm
not a
member of the samba-technical mailing-list.

Thanks,

Werner Maes
KULeuven

At 14:43 23/02/2001 +0100, Axel Thimm wrote:
>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.