Fwd: Re: Continuing IRIX Samba problems.

Eric Songer esonger at lads.is.lmco.com
Fri Oct 8 22:23:16 GMT 1999


>Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 14:56:13 -0700
>To: jerry at eng.auburn.edu
>From: Eric Songer <esonger at lads.is.lmco.com>
>Subject: Re: Continuing IRIX Samba problems.
>
>At 11:40 AM 10/7/99 -0500, you wrote:
>
>>Seems that way.  Is the WINS server you samba box or 
>>another server?  
>
>	My WINS server is a WinNT 4 Server that basically does domain logins, 
>backups, and WINS.  I have access to the Server and I pulled up the WINS 
>Server Manager, and there is a fluky WINS Server listed with a crazy address 
>like 0.2XX.0.5 (I can get the address if it's important).  I deleted it from 
>the WINS Server list and it reappeared.  
>	Since I'm, not responsible for the NT server I hate to go much further, 
>unless I can point a finger at the WINS service.  I'm not sure how to fix 
>the WINS on the NT server.  I guess like all Micro$oft stuff:  delete and 
>reinstall (in this case the WINS Service).
>
>>I'm assuming you remember that 
>>
>>	wins server
>>	wins support
>>
>>are mutually exclusive parameters.
>
>	Thanks for the assumption, but in my case it is generally good to ask.  I 
>know just enough to be dangerous.  I have wins server set to the NT server's 
>address (and I double checked it), and wins support is set to the default, 
>which I believed was false, and that was what I wanted.
>
>Thank You,
>
>Eric



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