[Samba] libnss_wins

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

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Raymond wrote:
|>libnss_wins allows you to resolve netbios names via
|>gethostbyname() and gethostbyaddr().
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| Does Samba3 utilize these function calls in the packaged
| RPM builds and if so,  is there any reason to utilize the
| libnss_wins libs / conf if currently implementing an nss-ldap
| configuration with Samba3 operating as a wins  server?

The libnss_wins library is an option NSS lib provided to
allow non-netbios aware UNIX services to be able to 'ping'
netbios names.

It is not required by Samba.  We do out own internal
name resolution.


cheers, jerry
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