[Samba] Does WINS need to be populated or configured?

[MargoAndTodd]

Günter Kukkukk wrote:
> Am Sonntag, 29. März 2009 schrieb MargoAndTodd:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Now that I have winbind running and
>>      wins support = yes
>> in my smb.conf, am I missing something?
>> Like setting up WINS, configuring it,
>> populating it, etc.?
>>
>> Can someone point me to documentation on
>> what to do (administrate) WINS?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> -T
> 
> Have a look here:
> http://us3.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/NetworkBrowsing.html#id2576622
> 
> Cheers, Günter
> 

Hi Gunter,

Great reference!  My wins.dat is located in /var/lock/samba/wins.dat
and it is full of stuff (and now I know where it is located, so I
can back it up).

Also, wins.dat populates itself.  (Much easier than bind, which
required "vi" to administrate.)

Thank you!
-T