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[Buchan Milne]

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> From: "Andy Fish" <ajfish at blueyonder.co.uk>
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> Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 16:50:12 -0000
> Subject: [Samba] using winbind without a PDC
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> Hello
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> Can someone tell me whether it is possible to use winbind on a simple =
> windows workgroup (i.e. with no NT domain and hence no PDC). I *thought* =
> I saw it work in samba 2.2.3 but now I am on 2.2.6 and the winbindd =
> daemon won't start up - it loops forever in the initialization trying to =
> contact the PDC.
>

winbind has no function without a domain controller, since it only works
with users and groups, not hosts.

> All I want to do is configure nsswitch.conf to resolve hostnames with =
> netbios broadcast. If there is a simpler way than winbind, I'd be =
> interested to know about it.


You are looking for nss_wins, you need to add "wins" to your hosts line
of nsswitch.conf, assuming the rest (getting the libs in the right
place) is done. Set a wins server in your smb.conf, and it should all
work. Of course, you need a WINS server.

Buchan

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