[Samba 4] Separate the WINS server from smbd
Matthias Dieter Wallnöfer
mwallnoefer at yahoo.de
Fri Sep 7 12:46:07 GMT 2007
Hi all!
I would like to propose the idea to separate the new WINS server from
the core smbd in the branch. My reasons:
* WINS isn't an essentially part for an AD domain, but for a NT4
style one
* also the DNS naming service wasn't and isn't are core part of SAMBA
* I could have a WINS server when I wouldn't have it as a file
sharing or domain controller machine
Basically we have there the SAMBA4WINS package, which I find is the
right example. Maybe we should name the new executable for the WINS
server not "smb4wins" but "winsd" or so. Thoughts?
Matthias
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