[Samba] Newbie: samba configuration?

[Adrian Petre Mierlutiu]

i am no guru at all, but if you want to use another wins server, shouldn't 
you configure
       wins support = no
?

p.

> Dear guru's,
> 
> I trying to configure samba(v 3.0.2).
> server = linux redhat 9.0
> host = win xp
> 
> smb.conf
> [global]
>       netbios name = egmond
>       workgroup = WORKGROUP
>       security = user
>       log file = /var/log/samba.log
>       log level = 1
>       socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 
> SO_SNDBUF=8192
>       smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
>       wins server = 192.168.10.1
>       wins support = yes
>       domain logons = yes
>       logon drive = p:
>       logon home = \\niftyserver\
>       os level = 99
>       preferred master = yes
> 
> [pub]
>       path = /cifs/pub
>       guest ok = yes
>       writeable = yes
> 
> [netlogon]
>       path = /cifs/netlogon
>       read only = yes
>       guest ok = yes
> 
> in /etc/hosts
> 192.168.0.1	niftyserver
> 
> I read like: "The IP address of the WINS server should be your Samba server 
> (where the nmbd daemon is running)"
> 
> 
> I could smbclient //localhost/pub...
> 
> At my xp pc if I run command
> C:\>net use p:\\niftyserver\pub
> System error 67 has occurred.
> The network name cannot be found.
> Which mean like there is something wrong in the name. My linux machine runs 
> NAT and I haven't a DHCP server(yet). Is that a requirement in my situation?
> 
> I have WINS on 192.168.0.1(XP PC) and
> nmblookup -U 192.168.0.1 niftyserver
> name_query failed to find name niftyserver
> 
> so it really comes back to a naming problem...DHCP required?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help,
> Wim
> 
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