[Samba] weird election with non-existant machine

[JJB]

Marcio Merlone wrote:
> Search for a file called wins.dat, remove it, restart samba and go for 
> a coffee.
>
> JJB escreveu:
>>    Forced Election:
>> 192.168.1.153 was a mac running Leopard. It has not been on the 
>> network for a month, but this keeps happening. Does anyone have an 
>> idea where this address might be cached?
>
Thanks, we will try that!