[Samba] Error - should be sent to WINS server

[Peter Lustig]

On Mon, 21 Oct 2002 14:19:52 +0200
Frank Matthieß <fm+samba at Microdata-POS.de> wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 12:51:20PM +0200, Peter Lustig wrote:
> > On Mon, 21 Oct 2002 13:10:18 +0400
> > Alexander Kuznetsov <iam at alz27.nnov.ru> wrote:
> > 
> > > PL> does anyone know what following error-message means ? This message returns any 4 minutes for any client
> > > PL> in the lan:
> > > 
> > > PL> -->
> > > PL> Oct 21 10:03:18 TE-WET01 nmbd[16353]: [2002/10/21 10:03:18, 0] nmbd/nmbd_incomingrequests.c:process_name_refresh_request(183)
> > > PL> Oct 21 10:03:18 TE-WET01 nmbd[16353]:   process_name_refresh_request: unicast name registration request received for name CLIENTNAME<00> from IP 192.168.133.145 on subnet UNICAST_SUBNET.
> > > PL> Oct 21 10:03:18 TE-WET01 nmbd[16353]: [2002/10/21 10:03:18, 0] nmbd/nmbd_incomingrequests.c:process_name_refresh_request(184)
> > > PL> Oct 21 10:03:18 TE-WET01 nmbd[16353]:   Error - should be sent to WINS server
> > > PL> <--
> > > 
> > > PL> I've tried it with older and newer versions of samba (2.2.1a -> 2.2.5) - but the same messages appaers in /var/log/messages.
> > > PL> Hope anyone can help me ...
> > > 
> > > From source code :
> > > "We should only get broadcast name registration packets here.
> > > Anyone trying to register unicast should be going to a WINS
> > > server. If the code gets here, then either we are not a wins
> > > server and they sent it anyway, or we are a WINS server and
> > > the request was malformed. Either way, log an error here.
> > > and send an error reply back."
> > > 
> > 
> > hi,
> > 
> > thanx - but is it possible to disable those messages without 
> > changing something at the win-client ?
> > The samba-server is not configured as wins-server. Should I
> > enable Wins in smb.conf to prohibitive those messages ?
> 
> There are two ways to solve this 'problem':
> 
> 1. You have an windows server, which runs wins
>    You told all windows network systems, that _this_ windows server ip
>    address is fro wins. Depending on static or dhcp ip's you have to
>    manualy assign wins in tcp/ip properties, or chaneg dhcp config and
>    do "ipconfig /renew" in a command windows.
>    For the samba system you must add "wins server = <winsserveripadr>
> 
>    man smb.conf:
> 	wins server (G)
> 				  This specifies the IP  address  (or  DNS  name:  IP
> 				  address  for  preference)  of  the WINS server that
> 				  nmbd(8)should register with. If  you  have  a  WINS
> 				  server  on your network then you should set this to
> 				  the WINS server's IP.
> 
> 				  You should point this at your WINS  server  if  you
> 				  have a multi-subnetted network.
> 
> 				  NOTE.  You  need to set up Samba to point to a WINS
> 				  server if you have multiple subnets and wish cross-
> 				  subnet browsing to work correctly.
> 
> 				  See  the  documentation  file  BROWSING.txt  in the
> 				  docs/ directory of your Samba source  distribution.
> 
> 				  Default: not enabled
> 
> 				  Example: wins server = 192.9.200.1
> 
>    
> 2. You want run wins on samba server.
>    Set "wins support = yes"
>    man smb.conf:
>          wins support (G)
>               This  boolean  controls  if  the  nmbd(8)process in
>               Samba will act as a WINS server. You should not set
>               this to true unless you have a multi-subnetted net­
>               work and you wish a particular nmbd to be your WINS
>               server.   Note  that  you  should NEVER set this to
>               true on more than one machine in your network.
> 
>               Default: wins support = no
>  
>

Yep! A simple wins support = yes and no messages were logged any more - thanxxx!




-- 
Thanxx!
PL