I have the same problem, and have tried this method of cleaning up wins.dat. Unfortunately, it wasn't very effective. Alot of the machines/groups don't even appear in the list. :(
Regards, Alan B. Moote Systems Administrator MARK IV Industries tel: 905.624.7908 fax: 905.625.6197 <#!bash> Win95: A 32-bit patch for a 16-bit GUI shell running on top of an 8-bit operating system written for a 4-bit processor by a 2-bit company who cannot stand 1 bit of competition. Nathan Ehresman <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mike Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> loru.edu> cc: samba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: Subject: Re: [Samba] WINS Retention samba-admin@lists .samba.org 06/07/02 08:41 AM I haven't tried this, but maybe you could delete those machines from wins.dat? Make sure you shut down nmbd before you modify it though. Nathan Ehresman Mike Black wrote: > How does one get rid of machines from the WINS database? > > They seem to hang around forever....and a restart doesn't solve it because the WINS data just gets passed around... > > Michael D. Black [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.csihq.com/ > http://www.csihq.com/~mike > 321-676-2923, x203 > Melbourne FL > > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba