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

[Tarjei Huse]

tor, 27,.01.2005 kl. 18.04 -0700, skrev 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.
?! 

Why? I've used samba with workstations that are not part of my domains
lots of times without using winbind. I though winbind was for using
samba as a memberserver in a domain controlled by another samba/windows
PDC.

Tarjei
> - John T.
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