[Samba] "Phanton" domain controller problem...

[John H Terpstra]

On Thursday 27 January 2005 17:37, Ruth Ivimey-Cook wrote:
> John H Terpstra wrote:
> > Stop Samba. Delete your wins.dat file and browse.dat file in
>
> /var/lib/samba
>
> Thanks, that did it. The files are in /var/cache/samba on FC3
>
> Can I ask: in trying to sort this out, I discovered I wasn't running
> winbindd. Now, I've no other WINS server, although there is a DNS server.
> Do I need winbindd?

You need winbind to handle users who use workstations that are NOT part of 
your domain.

- John T.
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