[Samba] Re: WINS not updating after swapping network connections

[Chad Vincent]

I had the exact same problem when I changed from dynamic IP to Static on 
the server itself.  It added the new IP address AFTER the old one in 
wins.dat, and only reported the first back to the clients.

Try shutting down Samba, deleting wins.dat (May be in either 
/var/cache/samba/ or /var/lib/samba/ ) then starting Samba up again.  Your 
WINS file will be rebuilt as the clients re-register their addresses.  How 
to actually get it to change on the fly, however, is anybody's guess, as it 
will re-write the file as-is if you delete / change it while SAMBA is running.

It was suggested that it may be a corrupted file, so just deleting it and 
letting it be re-built may fix the problem, too.

At 12:01 PM 4/15/2004 +0000, you wrote:
>From: Michael Keightley <Michael.Keightley at quadstone.com>
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>Subject: [Samba] WINS not updating after swapping network connections
>Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 12:54:38 +0100
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>Reply-To: Michael Keightley <Michael.Keightley at quadstone.com>
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>Our domain controller is running Samba 2.2.8a on Solaris 8.
>We have XP laptops.  We swap between a builtin network card, docking port and
>wireless card.  All of these have separate IP addresses.
>If I say, boot up with the wireless card, then remove it and use the builtin
>network card, the IP address in wins.dat on the server doesn't change.  It
>still has the IP address of the wireless card.  It means you can't browse this
>machine.  Our backup software (BackupPC) also stops working.
>Should wins.dat not get updated when a machine changes IP address?
>
>Below is part of our smb.conf file:
>
>
>[global]
>   workgroup = SAMBA
>   hosts allow = 194.80.198. 192.168.191. 192.168.198. 127.
>   interfaces = 194.80.198.61/255.255.255.128 192.168.191.61/255.255.255.0 
> 192.168.193.61/255.255.255.0
>   log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
>   load printers = yes
>   printing = cups
>   printcap name = cups
>   case sensitive = no
>   preserve case = yes
>   short preserve case = yes
>   domain master = yes
>   domain logons = yes
>   local master = yes
>   preferred master = yes
>   name resolve order = wins lmhosts host bcast
>   wins support = yes
>   os level = 65
>   encrypt passwords = yes
>   nis homedir = true
>   security = user
>   guest account = nobody
>   homedir map = auto_home
>   logon script = netlogon.bat
>   logon path = \\%N\profile\%a\%U
>   logon drive = q:
>   socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_SNDBUF=16384 SO_RCVBUF=16384
>
>
>
>Michael

Chad Vincent
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