On linux, WINS resolution is done with the libnss_wins.so module not winbindd.
Richard Otten wrote: > > I have a need for my Linux (2.2.20 kernel) application to resolve names > which are only stored in WINS. To this end I am trying the winbindd > daemon which is bundled with Samba 2.2.3a. > > I'm not at all interested in file sharing, user authentication, or any > of the other wonderful features of Samba for this project. > > First I tried setting everything up with the Binary distribution for > Red Hat 6.2. This seemed to go ok - wbinfo certainly works fine. > > Other applications do not. > > When I try something simple - "ping pchostname" - and wrap it with strace > I can definitely see the libnss_winbindd.so library is opened and parsed. > > Unfortunately no logging is taking place which might indicate why the > library is unable to resolve a WINS host name (while wbinfo has no problem). > > I tried bumping up the debug level on winbindd to '100'. Still, no logging > takes place when I do a "ping pchostname". (wbinfo does indeed generate a > lot of log information at this level though) > > Next I removed the pre-built package and tried grabbing and building Samba > from source. > > I still get the exact same symptoms. wbinfo works fine. ping loads the > library, but doesn't find anything in WINS. > > What else can I try? > Does it work? > > The documentation doesn't really discuss the 'hosts' option very much. > I assume this means it works really well (and I'm missing something), or it > doesn't work very well at all. > > How does "hosts.conf" fit into all this? > It seems redundant to nsswitch.conf. I've tried adding 'winbind' to hosts.conf > as well, but the resolver urps on it. > > PS: The README in the source/nsswitch directory could use an update. > It still references libnss_wins.so rather than libnss_winbind.so ... > > -- > Rick Otten > O=='=++ > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- ====================================================================== Herb Lewis Silicon Graphics Networking Engineer 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy MS-510 Strategic Software Organization Mountain View, CA 94043-1351 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 650-933-2177 http://www.sgi.com Fax: 650-932-2177 ====================================================================== -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
