[Samba] really tough question about wins database

[jason]

I installed from sources. Ive searched for wins.dat and didnt find it
anywhere else. The windows boxes on this network are pointing to this
linux box as their wins server. what exactly should I look for in the nmbd
log? Does this linux box have to be the master browser to hold the wins
database?

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On 2 Oct 2002, Bradley W. Langhorst wrote:

> On Wed, 2002-10-02 at 10:01, jason wrote:
> > [global]
> >         add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g machines -c
> > 'Machine Account' -s /bin/false -M %u
> >         workgroup = ARCHANGEL
> >         netbios aliases = CYBERCENTER PARISHCENTER
> >         netbios name = PENGUIN
> >         server string = Samba Server %v
> >         security = SERVER
> Are you sure you want SERVER security - it's very rarely appropriate...
> read the doc file on that parameter
> >         guest account = nobody
> >         map to guest = bad user
> >         #security = user
> >         os level = 33
> >         domain master = No
> >         domain logons = No
> >         encrypt passwords = Yes
> >         password server = 10.10.10.99
> >         log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
> >         max log size = 50
> >         socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
> >         printcap name = lpstat
> >         dns proxy = No
> >         wins support = Yes
> >         hosts allow = hosts allow = 10.10.10.0/255.255.255.0
> >         printing = cups
> >         print command = /usr/bin/lp -d%p -oraw %s; rm %s
> >         lpq command = /usr/bin/lpstat -o%p
> >         lprm command = /usr/bin/cancel %p-%j
> >         queuepause command = /usr/bin/disable %p
> >         queueresume command = /usr/bin/enable %p
> >
> >
> >
> > my question is, ive got wins turned on, smbd and nmbd are running, but
> > there is no wins.dat in /usr/local/samba/var/locks
> > actually there is nothing in that directory.
>
>
> > why isnt it there? what am I missing?
>
> depending on whether you installed from an rpm or from the source tgz
> file wins.dat could show up in various locations
>
> do a search for wins.dat
>
> locate wins.dat
> or
> find -name wins.dat (if you don't have the locate db running)
>
>
> did you set up your clients to point to the wins server?
>
> what does the nmbd log say?
>
> brad
>
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